Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary typologically and presents a profile of this long-established linguistic area. The areal distribution of most features is illustrated with more than 30 maps and an index of languages and language groups is provided.
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Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary typologically and presents a profile of this long-established linguistic area. The areal distribution of most features is illustrated with more than 30 maps and an index of languages and language groups is provided. Professor Dixon, a pioneering scholar in the field, brings a unique perspective to this diverse and complex material.
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R. M. W. Dixon is Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University.
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prefixing area, possessive bound pronouns, prefixing languages, phrasal function, bound pronominal enclitics, languages from groups, apical contrast, cognate density, bound pronominal prefixes, many complex verbs, many coverbs, noun class marking, small linguistic area, laminal contrast, antipassive derivation, prefixing region, recurrent lexemes, diffusional pressure, laminal stop, prefixing groups, phylic family, accusative profile, single rhotic, apical liquid, further dialects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Western Desert, New Guinea, West Torres, Guugu Yimidhirr, Arnhem Land, Torres Strait, Kuuk Thaayorre, Nyungan Mark, Southern Baagandji, Cape York Peninsula, Flinders Island, North Kimberley, North Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria, Koko Bera, New South Wales, Fitzroy River, Punctuated Equilibrium, South Kimberley, Bass Strait, Daly River, Lower Murray, Murray River, Western Yolngu, Norman Pama New!
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prefixing area, possessive bound pronouns, prefixing languages, phrasal function, bound pronominal enclitics, languages from groups, apical contrast, cognate density, bound pronominal prefixes, many complex verbs, many coverbs, noun class marking, small linguistic area, laminal contrast, antipassive derivation, prefixing region, recurrent lexemes, diffusional pressure, laminal stop, prefixing groups, phylic family, accusative profile, single rhotic, apical liquid, further dialects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Western Desert, New Guinea, West Torres, Guugu Yimidhirr, Arnhem Land, Torres Strait, Kuuk Thaayorre, Nyungan Mark, Southern Baagandji, Cape York Peninsula, Flinders Island, North Kimberley, North Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria, Koko Bera, New South Wales, Fitzroy River, Punctuated Equilibrium, South Kimberley, Bass Strait, Daly River, Lower Murray, Murray River, Western Yolngu, Norman Pama New!
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- Pidgins and Creoles: Volume 1, Theory and Structure (Cambridge Language Surveys) by John A. Holm in Front Matter, and Back Cover
- The Languages of Japan (Cambridge Language Surveys) by Masayoshi Shibatani in Back Cover
- The Indo-Aryan Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys) by Colin P. Masica in Back Cover
- The Languages of Australia (Cambridge Language Surveys) by R. M. W. Dixon in Back Matter
- The Languages of Native North America (Cambridge Language Surveys) by Marianne Mithun in Back Cover
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- Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics (Explorations in Linguistic Typology) by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald on page 103
- Evidentiality by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald in Back Matter
- The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia by William McGregor in Back Matter
- Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics (Explorations in Linguistic Typology) by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald on page 103
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