Barry J. Blake

List of John Benjamins publications in which Barry J. Blake is involved.

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Historical Linguistics 2001: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 13–17 August 2001

Edited by Barry J. Blake and Kate Burridge

This is a selection of papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics held in Melbourne 13-17 August 2001, hosted by the Linguistics Program at La Trobe University. The papers range from the general theoretical to the study of particular languages and embrace most areas of… read more

[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 237] 2003. ix, 442 pp.

Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 3

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the… read more

[Not in series, HAL 3] 1983. xxiv, 531 pp. + 5 maps

Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 2

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

[Not in series, HAL 2] 1981. xxiv, 427pp. + 6 maps

Handbook of Australian Languages: 3 Volumes (set)

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

[Not in series, HAL S] 1979. V.1: 1979, xiv, 392pp. + 4 maps; V.2: 1981, xxiv, 427pp. + 6 maps; V.3: 1983, xxiv, 531 pp. + 5 maps

Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1

Edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake

This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. In the introduction the editors discuss some of the recurrent features of… read more

[Not in series, HAL 1] 1979. xviii, 390 pp. 4 maps

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Blake, Barry J., Willem B. Hollmann and Nigel Vincent 2012 Tributes and obituary Functions of Language 19:1, pp. 1–3 | Article

Blake, Barry J. 2001 Review of Amery (2000): Warrabarna Kaurna: Reclaiming an Australian language Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 24:1, pp. 93–95 | Review

Blake, Barry J. 2000 Review of Stassen (1997): Intransitive predication Studies in Language 24:2, pp. 448–453 | Review

Blake, Barry J. 1999 John M. Anderson. 1997. A notional theory of syntactic categories Studies in Language 23:2, pp. 425–446 | Article

Blake, Barry J. 1998 Passives in Western Malayo-Polynesian: An Asian Perspective Historical Linguistics 1997: Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Düsseldorf, 10–17 August 1997, Schmid, Monika S., Jennifer R. Austin and Dieter Stein (eds.), pp. 15–24 | Article

Artawa, Ketut and Barry J. Blake 1997 Patient Primacy in Balinese Studies in Language 21:3, pp. 483–508 | Article

In Balinese, as in many Austronesian languages of Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan, a transitive verb may appear either in a morphologically unmarked construction in which the Patient is identified with the sole argument of a one-place predicate and is therefore arguably the subject or with a… read more

Blake, Barry J. 1979 Pitta-Pitta Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 183–244 | Article

Blake, Barry J. and R.M.W. Dixon 1979 Introduction Handbook of Australian Languages: Volume 1, Dixon, R.M.W. and Barry J. Blake (eds.), pp. 1–26 | Article