Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987096609
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
This is a dictionary of language spoken on Stradbroke and Moreton islands based on words remembered by all Elders and recorded by interested visitors to our shores.
Jandai Language Dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987096609
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
This is a dictionary of language spoken on Stradbroke and Moreton islands based on words remembered by all Elders and recorded by interested visitors to our shores.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987096609
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
This is a dictionary of language spoken on Stradbroke and Moreton islands based on words remembered by all Elders and recorded by interested visitors to our shores.
Yagara Dictionary and Salvage Grammar
Author: Karen Sullivan
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760466182
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Most English speakers in Australia know a few words of Yagara, the Pama-Nyungan language traditionally spoken in the area that now includes Brisbane and Ipswich. For example, Australian English yakka ‘work’ comes from the Yagara verb yaga ‘to work’. However, no fluent native speakers of Yagara remain. The current volume compares the written records of Yagara to facilitate revitalisation of the spoken language. Part 1: Grammar introduces the Yagara sources, which are then compared to extract a picture of Yagara’s structure – its sounds, its words, and its grammar. Attention is also given to the system of kinship terms, moieties, and totems. Part 2: Dictionary contains the most complete Yagara-English dictionary to date, with over 2,200 entries, the original source spellings for each word, standardised spellings, and anthropological notes. Entries include traditional place names, fun insults, and everyday expressions such as the greeting wi balga ‘Hey, come’. The dictionary is followed by an English word finder list. Part 3: Texts consist of full versions of all known texts in Yagara, including sentences, songs, and three Bible stories. Standardised versions are accompanied by English translations and the original unedited renditions. Format: Hardback
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760466182
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Most English speakers in Australia know a few words of Yagara, the Pama-Nyungan language traditionally spoken in the area that now includes Brisbane and Ipswich. For example, Australian English yakka ‘work’ comes from the Yagara verb yaga ‘to work’. However, no fluent native speakers of Yagara remain. The current volume compares the written records of Yagara to facilitate revitalisation of the spoken language. Part 1: Grammar introduces the Yagara sources, which are then compared to extract a picture of Yagara’s structure – its sounds, its words, and its grammar. Attention is also given to the system of kinship terms, moieties, and totems. Part 2: Dictionary contains the most complete Yagara-English dictionary to date, with over 2,200 entries, the original source spellings for each word, standardised spellings, and anthropological notes. Entries include traditional place names, fun insults, and everyday expressions such as the greeting wi balga ‘Hey, come’. The dictionary is followed by an English word finder list. Part 3: Texts consist of full versions of all known texts in Yagara, including sentences, songs, and three Bible stories. Standardised versions are accompanied by English translations and the original unedited renditions. Format: Hardback
The Flora of North Stradbroke Island
Author: K. M. Stephens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920928155
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781920928155
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Nepali Grammar & Vocabulary
Author: Archibald Turnbull
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120601024
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
ISBN: 9788120601024
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Himalayan Voices
Author: Michael Hutt
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120811560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Himalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal today. An introduction to the two most developed genres of modern Nepali literature-poetry and the short story-this work profiles eleven of Nepal`s most distinguished poets and offers translations of more than eighty poems written from 1916 to 1986. Twenty of the most interesting and best-known examples of the Nepali short story are translated into English for the first time by Michael Hutt. All provide vivid descriptions of Life in twentieth-century Nepal. This book should appeal not only to admires of Nepal, but to all readers with an interest in non-Western literatures.
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN: 9788120811560
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Himalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal today. An introduction to the two most developed genres of modern Nepali literature-poetry and the short story-this work profiles eleven of Nepal`s most distinguished poets and offers translations of more than eighty poems written from 1916 to 1986. Twenty of the most interesting and best-known examples of the Nepali short story are translated into English for the first time by Michael Hutt. All provide vivid descriptions of Life in twentieth-century Nepal. This book should appeal not only to admires of Nepal, but to all readers with an interest in non-Western literatures.
A Dictionary of the Puḵḵẖto Or Puḵs̲ẖto Language
Author: Henry Walter Bellew
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A Morphological Description of Ngarluma
Author: Allison Kohn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781875946143
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the structure of Ngarluma words.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781875946143
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A study of the structure of Ngarluma words.
Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Including a Very Copious Selection of Scientific Terms for Use in Schools and Colleges and as a Book of General Reference
Author: James Stormonth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385426146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385426146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.
Cataloguing the World's Endangered Languages
Author: Lyle Campbell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131741389X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project. Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the most comprehensive source of accurate information on endangered languages. The book presents the academic and scientific findings that underpin the online Catalogue, located at www.endangeredlanguages.com, making it an essential companion to the website for academics and researchers working in this area. While the online Catalogue displays much data from the ELCat project, this volume develops and emphasizes aspects of the research behind the data and includes topics of great interest in the field, not previously covered in a single volume. Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages is an important volume of particular interest to academics and researchers working with endangered languages.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131741389X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages brings together the results of the extensive and influential Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) project. Based on the findings from the most extensive endangered languages research project, this is the most comprehensive source of accurate information on endangered languages. The book presents the academic and scientific findings that underpin the online Catalogue, located at www.endangeredlanguages.com, making it an essential companion to the website for academics and researchers working in this area. While the online Catalogue displays much data from the ELCat project, this volume develops and emphasizes aspects of the research behind the data and includes topics of great interest in the field, not previously covered in a single volume. Cataloguing the World’s Endangered Languages is an important volume of particular interest to academics and researchers working with endangered languages.
The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages
Author: Claire Bowern
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198824971
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1179
Book Description
The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages is a wide-ranging reference work that explores the more than 550 traditional and new Indigenous languages of Australia. Australian languages have long played an important role in diachronic and synchronic linguistics and are a vital testing ground for linguistic theory. Until now, however, there has been no comprehensive and accessible guide to the their vast linguistic diversity. This volume fills that gap, bringing together leading scholars and junior researchers to provide an up-to-date guide to all aspects of the languages of Australia. The chapters in the book explore typology, documentation, and classification; linguistic structures from phonology to pragmatics and discourse; sociolinguistics and language variation; and language in the community. The final part offers grammatical sketches of a selection of languages, sub-groups, and families. At a time when the number of living Australian languages is significantly reduced even compared to twenty year ago, this volume establishes priorities for future linguistic research and contributes to the language expansion and revitalization efforts that are underway.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198824971
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1179
Book Description
The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages is a wide-ranging reference work that explores the more than 550 traditional and new Indigenous languages of Australia. Australian languages have long played an important role in diachronic and synchronic linguistics and are a vital testing ground for linguistic theory. Until now, however, there has been no comprehensive and accessible guide to the their vast linguistic diversity. This volume fills that gap, bringing together leading scholars and junior researchers to provide an up-to-date guide to all aspects of the languages of Australia. The chapters in the book explore typology, documentation, and classification; linguistic structures from phonology to pragmatics and discourse; sociolinguistics and language variation; and language in the community. The final part offers grammatical sketches of a selection of languages, sub-groups, and families. At a time when the number of living Australian languages is significantly reduced even compared to twenty year ago, this volume establishes priorities for future linguistic research and contributes to the language expansion and revitalization efforts that are underway.