Words of Our Country : Yidiny - The Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region.

Words of Our Country : Yidiny - The Aboriginal Language of the Cairns - Yarrabah Region.

This book explores an Aboriginal lifestyle through its words. For many thousands of years the Yidiny language was spoken by the Aborigines of the Cairns-Atherton Tablelands region. Today the people and the words are all but extinct. Here, in tracking this sophisticated language, linguist R.M.W. (Bob...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dixon, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Queensland Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Yidiny language.
Yidiny language > Texts.
Aboriginal Australians > History.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Aboriginal Australians
Yidiny language
History
Texts
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Phonetic Alphabet Used for Yidiny; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Stories; Text 1
  • The Carpet Snake and the Shells; Text 2
  • Damarri and Guyala; Text 3
  • The Origin of Lake Eacham; Text 4
  • The Arrival of the Yidinyji People; Text 5
  • The First Plane; Text 6
  • The Boomerang Son; Text 6a
  • More about the Boomerang Son; Text 7
  • Traditional Life; Text 8
  • Gulnyjarubay's Travels; Text 9
  • Early Life in the Mission; Text 10
  • Initiation of Young Men; Text 11
  • The Legend of Bindam; Text 12
  • First Version of Bibiyuwuy Legend.
  • Text 13
  • Gulnyjarubay's Travels in the Cape Grafton RegionText 14
  • Second Version of the Bibiyuwuy Legend; Text 15
  • Expiation for a Crime; Text 16
  • How the Sea Level Rose; Text 17
  • Stealing Potatoes; Text 18
  • A Woman Taken by an Alligator; Text 19
  • The Origin of Fire; Text 20
  • The Origin of Lake Eacham (second version); Text 21
  • Gulnyjarubay's Travels in the Cape Grafton Region (second telling); Text 22
  • The Water Sprite Bride; Text 23
  • Learning from the Old People; Text 24
  • A Story in Jalnguy, the 'Mother-in-law' Style; Place Names.
  • Upper Mulgrave River/Toohey Creek Region (Map 2)Cape Grafton Peninsula and Surrounding Area (Map 3); Cairns and Places South; Places on the Tableland; Vocabulary, by Area of Meaning; Nouns; A
  • Body parts; B
  • Classification of people, and spirits; C
  • Moieties and kinship; D
  • Mammals; E
  • Reptiles and amphibjans; F
  • Birds; G
  • Fishes and other water creatures; H
  • Insects and related creatures; I
  • Language, song, dance, noises; J
  • Artefacts; K
  • Food, fire, water; L
  • Meteorological, celestial; M
  • Geography, place and house; N
  • Flora; O
  • Abstract nouns; Locational qualifiers.
  • P
  • Locational qualifiersTime qualifiers; Q
  • Time qualifiers; Adjectives; R
  • Number and collectivity; Position and dimension; Physical property and colour; Value, age, speed; Human propensity; Other adjectives; Verbs; S
  • Verbs of motion; T
  • Verbs of rest and giving; U
  • Verbs of affect; V
  • Verbs of attention; W
  • Verbs of speaking, etc; X
  • Corporeal verbs; Y
  • Other verbs, and adverbals; Particles and interjections; Z
  • Particles and interjections; Alphabetical List of Yidiny Words; Alphabetical English Finder List; Copyright.

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