| Description |
1 online resource (xcv, 1080 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Oxford Guides to the World's Languages |
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Oxford guides to the world's languages.
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| Contents |
Part I: Background -- Part II: Structures -- A. Phonetics and phonology -- B. Morphosyntax -- C. Semantics, pragmatics, and discourse -- Part III: Sociolinguistics and language variation -- Part IV: Language in the community -- Part V: Structural sketches of languages, subgroups, and families |
| Summary |
This book is a wide-ranging reference work covering the more than 550 Indigenous languages of Australia. The chapters in the book explore typology and classification; linguistic structures; sociolinguistics and language variation; and language in the community. The final part offers sketches of a selection of languages, sub-groups, and families |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and subject index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Australian languages.
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Australian languages
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Language teaching & learning.
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Language.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bowern, Claire, 1977- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780192558497 |
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0192558498 |
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9780191863615 |
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0191863610 |
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