Nicholas Reid

List of John Benjamins publications in which Nicholas Reid is involved.

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Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia

Edited by Mark Harvey and Nicholas Reid

This volume aims to extend both the range of analyses and the database on nominal classification systems. Previous analyses of nominal classification systems have focussed on two areas: the semantics of the classification system and the role of the system in discourse. In many nominal… read more

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 37] 1997. x, 296 pp.

Reid, Nicholas 2002 10. Sit right down the back: Serialized posture verbs in Ngan’gityemerri and other Northern Australian languages The Linguistics of Sitting, Standing and Lying, Newman, John (ed.), pp. 239–267 | Chapter

Harvey, Mark and Nicholas Reid 1997 Preface Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia, Harvey, Mark and Nicholas Reid (eds.), p.  | Preface

Harvey, Mark and Nicholas Reid 1997 Introduction Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia, Harvey, Mark and Nicholas Reid (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Miscellaneous

Reid, Nicholas 1997 Class and Classifier in Ngan'gityemerri Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia, Harvey, Mark and Nicholas Reid (eds.), pp. 165–228 | Article

Shopen, Tim, Nicholas Reid, Glenda Shopen and David Wilkins 1987 Ensuring the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages into the 21st century Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 10:1, pp. 143–157 | Article

There were over 200 distinct languages in Australia at the time of European settlement. Today less than 40 of these are still being passed on to new generations, and all of these are under threat of extinction. Aboriginal people are struggling to adapt themselves to the massive European presence… read more