A grammar of Wangkajunga : a language of the Great Sandy Desert of north Western Australia / Barbara Jones
- Bib ID:
- 5981772
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Jones, Barbara Josephine, 1947-
- Description:
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- Canberra : Pacific Linguistics, 2012
- xxxiii, 364 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780858836488
- Series:
- Pacific linguistics ; 636.
- Summary:
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"This book is a description of an Australian language from the Great Sandy Desert of north Western Australia. It is a description of a language that has a detailed case system, complex cross-referencing by bound pronouns and a word order that is determined by pragmatics rather than syntax. The description benefits from the lively natural language examples used by the principal language consultant. By comparisons with other languages of the Western Desert the study highlights some of the features that group the northern Western Desert languages and distinguish them from those in the south. It also draws some comparisons with the northern neighbours of the Western Desert belonging to the Marrngu and Ngumpin groups" --Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Australian languages -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Grammar
- Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Kimberley -- Languages
- Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Wangkajunga / Wangkatjungka language (WA SF51-08)
- Language - Linguistics - Phonology and phonetics
- Wangkajunga / Wangkatjungka people (WA SF51-08)
- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Languages -- Grammar
- Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies. Pacific Linguistics
- Copyright:
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