The Dyirbal language of north Queensland

Revision of sections on grammar & phonology of authors Ph.D. Thesis; brief introduction to grammatical characteristics of Australian languages (including map); Dyirbal; Linguistic type, dialects (Dyirbal, Giramay, Mamu, Gulngay, Dyiru, Ngadyan) & tribes speaking them (including map), surroun...

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Glavni autor: Dixon, R. M. W. (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: London : Cambridge University Press, 1972.
Nakladnička cjelina: Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 9.
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100 1 |a Dixon, R. M. W.  |q (Robert Malcolm Ward) 
245 1 3 |a The Dyirbal language of north Queensland /  |c R. M. W. Dixon. 
260 |a London :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 1972. 
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490 1 |a Cambridge studies in linguistics ;  |v 9. 
504 |a Bibliografija: str. 411-417. 
505 0 0 |a Machine derived contents note: Preface; 1. Australian languages; 2. Dyirbal: the language and its speakers; 3. word classes; 4. Syntax; 5. Deep syntax; 6. Morphology; 7. Phonology; 8. Semantics; 9. Lexicon; 10. Prehistory; Appendices. 
520 |a Revision of sections on grammar & phonology of authors Ph.D. Thesis; brief introduction to grammatical characteristics of Australian languages (including map); Dyirbal; Linguistic type, dialects (Dyirbal, Giramay, Mamu, Gulngay, Dyiru, Ngadyan) & tribes speaking them (including map), surrounding languages, culture and contact history; detailed discussion of grammatical facts of Dyirbal - word classes, syntax, phonology; discussion of deep syntax in terms of transformational grammar nominative - ergative deep structure, possessive phrases as a type of relative clause, relation between nominal and verbal instrumental constructions; phonology; semantics including data on mother-in-law avoidance language; structure of lexical roots; onomatopoeia; prehistory; general discussion of lexical diffusion in Australia & inapplicability of lexicostatistic methods; evolution of the Dyirbal dialects, recent augmentation of mother-in-law vocabulary; language movement in the Cairns rain forest region; reconstruction of grammatical changes in Dyirbal; Dyirbal logic; previous work on the language; three texts, one with morpheme-by-morpheme glosses & all with literal running translations - the first man, the first baby and the origin of female sexual organs (Mamu dialects); autobiographical story involving dambun, a legendary spirit (Dyirbal dialect); story of Mubunginmi, who became a rainbow serpent (Mamu); vocabulary, limited to items occurring in grammatical examples & texts; index of affixes; includes many references throughout to other Australian languages (indexed); original analysis of demonstrative pronouns in Wemba-Wemba. 
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653 |a jezik Dyirbal - Queensland  |a narod Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul 
653 |a dijalekti dyirbal, giramay i mamu 
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