William B. Mcgregor

The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134396023
• Artikelnr.: 38263441

Autorenporträt

William B. McGregor is Professor of Linguistics at Aarhus University. He has studied Kimberley languages for more than two decades, publishing grammatical descriptions of four, and articles on a variety of topics including their grammar, history, semantics and discourse organisation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables List of figures List of plates List of maps Preface
Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Survey of Kimberley
Languages 3. Language in Kimberley Aboriginal Societies 4. Phonetics and
Phonology 5. Fundamental Concepts of Grammar 6. Pronouns and Determiners 7.
Nominals and Noun Phrases 8. Verbs and Verbal Constructions 9. Vocabulary
and Meaning 10. Clauses and Sentences 11. Text and Discourse 12. Grammar in
Language use 13. Conclusion Languages and Sources References Index of
authors Index of languages Index of subjects