The Nyulnyul language of Dampier Land, Western Australia / William B. McGregor
- Bib ID:
- 5918258
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- McGregor, William
- Description:
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- Canberra, A.C.T. : Pacific Linguistics, 2012
- 2 v. (915 p.) : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780858836471
- Series:
- Pacific linguistics ; 632. 1448-8310
- Summary:
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"This book provides a detailed description of Nyulnyul, a Nyulnyulan (non-Pama-Nyungan) language traditionally spoken in the vicinity of Beagle Bay, situated towards the northern end of the Dampier Land peninsula, Western Australia. The language is now to all intents and purposes extinct, and the description is based primarily on recordings made by the present author with the last full speaker of the language, Mary Carmel Charles, in the last two decades of the twentieth century. In addition, secondary data recorded by missionary linguists and other amateur linguists from the late nineteenth century to the mid twentieth century was employed to circumvent inadequacies in the modern corpus. The description comprises two volumes. Volume 1 is a description of the grammar of Nyulnyul, covering in as much detail as possible the phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax of the language; an introductory chapter situates the language with respect to other Australian languages and its social and historical context. Throughout there is a focus on meaning, on how the grammatical resources of the language are deployed in making meaning. Volume 2 presents auxiliary information, including a representative sample of texts (including myths, stories about the traditional way of life, and religious liturgy), wordlists (Nyulnyul-English and English-Nyulnyul), a list of bound morphemes, and an overview of previous research on the language" --Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- v. 1. Grammar
- v. 2. Texts, wordlists and appendices.
- Notes:
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- Includes indexes.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Nyulnyul language
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Dampier Peninsula -- Languages
- Australian languages -- Western Australia -- Dampier Peninsula -- Grammar
- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Adverbs
- Stories and motifs - Emu
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Verbs
- Language - Linguistics - Phonology and phonetics
- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Nouns and ergatives
- Nyulnyul / Nyul Nyul language (K13) (WA SE 51-02)
- Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
- Dampier Peninsula (W.A.) -- Languages
- Dampier Peninsula (WA West Kimberley SE51-02)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Pacific Linguistics
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2012
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