Brett J. Baker, Mark Harvey

The Phonology and Morphology of Australian Languages

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Synthesising a wealth of data, this is the first book-length overview of the phonology and morphology of Australian Indigenous languages. It highlights the importance of Australian languages for current theoretical approaches, making it essential reading for scholars and students in phonology, phonetics, morphology, speech science, and typology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107126985
• ISBN-10: 1107126983
• Artikelnr.: 70600508

Autorenporträt

Brett J. Baker is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Melbourne. His notable publications include Word Structure in Ngalakgan (CSLI, 2008), Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages (with Mushin, John Benjamins, 2008), Language and Identity in Aboriginal Australia (with Mushin, Harvey and Gardner, Pacific Linguistics, 2010) and Complex Predicates (with Amberber and Harvey, CUP, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction to the languages of Australia
2. Segments
3. Phonotactics and the syllable
4. Metrical structure
5. Prosodic morphology and long-distance alternations
6. Phonological domains
7. Sound change and the lexicon
8. Looking back, and looking forward.