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Author Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-

Title The handbook of Australian languages. Vol. 5 : grammatical sketches of Bunuba, Ndjébbana and Kugu Nganhcara / edited by R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake
Published Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 2000

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Description xxii, 507 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Australian Aboriginal languages : their contemporary status and functions / by Mary Laughren : Introduction; Aboriginal languages within an Australian national language policy; Aboriginal languages in education; Non-traditional modes of linguistic expression; Aboriginal language research and documentation; Appendix: Regional Aboriginal language resource centres -- Bunuba / by Alan Rumsey : Introduction; Phonology; Morphology; Syntax; Gun.gunma "mother-in-law talk"; Texts; Vocabulary -- Ndjebbana / by Graham McKay : The language and its speakers; Phonology; Morphology; Syntax; Semantics; Texts; Vocabulary; Appendices: Appendix 1: Identification of persons; Appendix 2: Ndjebbana and eastern Arnhem Land subsection names -- Kugu Nganhcara / by Ian Smith and Steve Johnson : The language and its speakers; Phonology; Morphology and morphophonemics; Syntax; Semantics and the lexicon; Texts; Vocabulary
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 490-507
Subject Australian languages.
Bunaba language.
Ndjebbana language.
Author Blake, Barry J.
ISBN 0195549988
Other Titles Grammatical sketches of Bunuba, Ndjébbana and Kugu Nganhcara