Author : John A. Heffernan
Publisher : Iad Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Pintupi-Luritja is a dialect of the Western Desert Language, a language group that is widespread throughout parts of Western Australia, South Australia and the southern and western regions of the Northern Territory. This learners guide is a concise and clearly explained practical manual to learning this language.
Author : Claire Bowern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1179 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0192558498
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.
Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 26924 pages
File Size : 41,19 MB
Release : 2005-11-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0080547842
The first edition of ELL (1993, Ron Asher, Editor) was hailed as "the field's standard reference work for a generation". Now the all-new second edition matches ELL's comprehensiveness and high quality, expanded for a new generation, while being the first encyclopedia to really exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics. * The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field * An entirely new work, with new editors, new authors, new topics and newly commissioned articles with a handful of classic articles * The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics through the online edition * Ground-breaking and International in scope and approach * Alphabetically arranged with extensive cross-referencing * Available in print and online, priced separately. The online version will include updates as subjects develop ELL2 includes: * c. 7,500,000 words * c. 11,000 pages * c. 3,000 articles * c. 1,500 figures: 130 halftones and 150 colour * Supplementary audio, video and text files online * c. 3,500 glossary definitions * c. 39,000 references * Extensive list of commonly used abbreviations * List of languages of the world (including information on no. of speakers, language family, etc.) * Approximately 700 biographical entries (now includes contemporary linguists) * 200 language maps in print and online Also available online via ScienceDirect – featuring extensive browsing, searching, and internal cross-referencing between articles in the work, plus dynamic linking to journal articles and abstract databases, making navigation flexible and easy. For more information, pricing options and availability visit www.info.sciencedirect.com. The first Encyclopedia to exploit the multimedia potential of linguistics Ground-breaking in scope - wider than any predecessor An invaluable resource for researchers, academics, students and professionals in the fields of: linguistics, anthropology, education, psychology, language acquisition, language pathology, cognitive science, sociology, the law, the media, medicine & computer science. The most authoritative, up-to-date, comprehensive, and international reference source in its field
Author : Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Publisher :
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0080877753
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world. It will provide full descriptions of the phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax of the world's major languages, giving insights into their structure, history and development, sounds, meaning, structure, and language family, thereby both highlighting their diversity for comparative study, and contextualizing them according to their genetic relationships and regional distribution.Based on the highly acclaimed and award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, this volume will provide an edited collection of almost 400 articles throughout which a representative subset of the world's major languages are unfolded and explained in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, by the leading scholars in linguistics. In highlighting the diversity of the world's languages — from the thriving to the endangered and extinct — this work will be the first point of call to any language expert interested in this huge area. No other single volume will match the extent of language coverage or the authority of the contributors of Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. - Extraordinary breadth of coverage: a comprehensive selection of just under 400 articles covering the world's major languages, language families, and classification structures, issues and dispute - Peerless quality: based on 20 years of academic development on two editions of the leading reference resource in linguistics, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Unique authorship: 350 of the world's leading experts brought together for one purpose - Exceptional editorial selection, review and validation process: Keith Brown and Sarah Ogilvie act as first-tier guarantors for article quality and coverage - Compact and affordable: one-volume format makes this suitable for personal study at any institution interested in areal, descriptive, or comparative language study - and at a fraction of the cost of the full encyclopedia
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 3310 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 1997
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Cliff Goddard
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 32,64 MB
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030640779
This edited book explores the rising interest in minimal languages – radically simplified languages using cross-translatable words and grammar, fulfilling the widely-recognised need to use language which is clear, accessible and easy to translate. The authors draw on case studies from around the world to demonstrate how early adopters have been putting Minimal English, Minimal Finnish, and other minimal languages into action: in language teaching and learning, ‘easy language’ projects, agricultural development training, language revitalisation, intercultural education, paediatric assessment, and health messaging. As well as reporting how minimal languages are being put into service, the contributors explore how minimal languages can be adapted, localised and implemented differently for different purposes. Like its predecessor Minimal English for a Global World: Improved Communication Using Fewer Words (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), the book will appeal to students and scholars of applied linguistics, language education and translation studies, as well as to professionals in any field where accessibility and translatability matter.
Author :
Publisher : Iad Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,29 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Dictionary of Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara with expanded meanings, gramatical usage and cultural information; includes spelling and pronunciation guide, notes on dialect variation; extensive English to Pitjantjatjara or Yankunytjatjara finder list.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 44,61 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Sydney (N.S.W.)
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Comparative linguistics
ISBN :
Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Society in v. 1-11, 1925-34. After 1934 they appear in Its Bulletin.
