Koch / Nordlinger The Languages and Linguistics of Australia

A Comprehensive Guide
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-11-027977-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 3, 523 Seiten

Reihe: The World of Linguistics [WOL]

is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation.

Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.

Zielgruppe

Students and Researchers of Linguistics, Academics. Institutional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koch, Harold

Nordlinger, Rachel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;7
2;Preface;9
3;List of Contributors;11
4;Maps;12
5;1 Traditional Indigenous languages of Australia;17
5.1;1 The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues;19
5.2;2 Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion;39
5.3;3 Sound patterns of Australian languages;107
5.4;4 Word structure in Australian languages;155
5.5;5 Constituency and grammatical relations in Australian languages;231
5.6;6 Complex predicates in Australian languages;279
5.7;7 Semantics of Australian languages;311
5.8;8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation;345
6;2 Post-Contact language varieties;379
6.1;9 Language contact varieties;381
6.2;10 Aboriginal English;433
6.3;11 Australian English;465
7;Language Index;501
8;Name Index;507
9;Subject Index;512

Über Autor(innen)

Harold Koch,Australian National University, Australia; Rachel Nordlinger, University of Melbourne, Australia.