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Handbook of Australian Languages
Volume 1
Editors
Hardbound – Not sold seperately
ISBN 9789027205124
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 languages across the continent, together with grammars of Guugu Yimidhirr by John Haviland; Pitta-Pitta by Barry J. Blake; Gumbaynggir by Diana Eades; and Yaygir by Terry Crowley.
[Not in series, HAL 1] 1979. xviii, 390 pp. 4 maps
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 13 April 2012
Published online on 13 April 2012
© R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake
Table of Contents
- List of maps | pp. xii–12
- Preface | pp. xiii–xiv
- Contributors’ addresses | pp. xv–15
- Abbreviations | pp. xvi–xviii
- IntroductionBarry J. Blake and R.M.W. Dixon | pp. 19–44
- Guugu YimidhirrJohn B. Haviland | pp. 45–200
- Pitta-PittaBarry J. Blake | pp. 201–262
- GumbaynggirDiana Eades | pp. 263–379
- YaygirTerry Crowley | pp. 381–402
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