A grammar of Bardi

A grammar of Bardi / by Claire Louise Bowern.

The Bardi language is currently spoken by fewer than 10 people. The language is a member of the Nyulnyulan family, a small non-Pama-Nyungan family in northwest Australia. This book is a reference grammar of the language. The 16 chapters include information on phonetics and phonology, nominal and ver...

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Main Author: Bowern, Claire, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Australian
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2013.
Series:Mouton grammar library ; 57.
Subjects:
Bardi language > Grammar.
Bardi language > Textbooks for foreign speakers > English.
Bardi language K15
Bardi people K15
Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
Material culture
Social organisation - Kinship
Social organisation - Kinship - Kinship terms
Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Bardi language
Language and languages
Australia, Northern > Languages.
Northern Australia
Textbooks > for English speakers
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:The Bardi language is currently spoken by fewer than 10 people. The language is a member of the Nyulnyulan family, a small non-Pama-Nyungan family in northwest Australia. This book is a reference grammar of the language. The 16 chapters include information on phonetics and phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, and syntax, as well as an ethnographic sketch of traditional life. A selection of texts is also included. It is the first published full study of a Nyulnyulan language.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xlviii, 820 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 783-804) and index.
ISBN:9783110278187
3110278189
1283628481
9781283628488
Language:In English.

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