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The languages of Australia / R. M. W. Dixon.
- Title
- The languages of Australia / R. M. W. Dixon.
- Author
- Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Eng. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | OC.AUS. D 646 l | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxii, 547 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Covers historical/comparative, social, grammatical and phonological characteristics, relationships and change among Australian languages.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge language surveys
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge language surveys
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [515]-533.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Tribe and language; 3. Speech and song styles; 4. The role of language in Aboriginal Australian society today; 5. Vocabulary; 6. Phonology; 7. Phonological change; 8. Classification of Australian languages; 9. Word classes; 10. Nouns; 11. Pronouns; 12. Verbs; 13. Syntax; 14. Summary.
- ISBN
- 0521223296
- 0521294509 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^79021353^
- OCLC
- 5410531
- SCSB-10323334
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library