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The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia by William B. McGregor is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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The Kimberley, The Far North-west Of Australia, Is One Of The Most Linguistically Diverse Regions Of The Continent. Some Fifty-five Aboriginal Languages Belonging To Five Different Families Are Spoken Within Its Borders. Few Of These Languages Are Currently Being Passed On To Children, Most Of Whom Speak Kriol (a New Language That Arose About Half A Century Ago From An Earlier Pidgin English) Or Aboriginal English (a Dialect Of English) As Their Mother Tongue And Usual Language Of Communication. This Book Describes The Aboriginal Languages Spoken Today And In The Recent Past In This Region. The Main Features Of Their Grammars Are Outlined, Including Their Sounds And Word And Sentence Structures. In Addition, There Is Discussion Of How They Are Related To One Another, How They Were And Are Used In Conversational Interactions, And Their Roles And Uses In Traditional And Modern Speech Communities.--book Jacket. 1. Introduction -- 2. Survey Of Kimberley Languages -- 3. Language In Kimberley Aboriginal Societies -- 4. Phonetics And Phonology -- 5. Fundamental Concepts Of Grammar -- 6. Pronouns And Determiners -- 7. Nominals And Noun Phrases -- 8. Verbs And Verbal Constructions -- 9. Voc
Who reads The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia?
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- Author
- William B. McGregor
- Publisher
- ROUTLEDGECURZON
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781134396030
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Science, Political Science
