Book contents
- Frontmatter
- A NOTE TO THE READER
- Contents
- The maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations and orthography
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Tribe and language
- 3 Speech and song styles
- 4 The role of language in Aboriginal Australian society today
- 5 Vocabulary
- 6 Phonology
- 7 Phonological change
- 8 Classification of Australian languages
- 9 Word classes
- 10 Nouns
- 11 Pronouns
- 12 Verbs
- 13 Syntax
- 14 Summary
- Notes and references
- Languages and sources
- Glossary
- Suggestions for further reading
- List of works referred to
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2012
- Frontmatter
- A NOTE TO THE READER
- Contents
- The maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations and orthography
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Tribe and language
- 3 Speech and song styles
- 4 The role of language in Aboriginal Australian society today
- 5 Vocabulary
- 6 Phonology
- 7 Phonological change
- 8 Classification of Australian languages
- 9 Word classes
- 10 Nouns
- 11 Pronouns
- 12 Verbs
- 13 Syntax
- 14 Summary
- Notes and references
- Languages and sources
- Glossary
- Suggestions for further reading
- List of works referred to
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- The Languages of Australia , pp. 1 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1980