Dyirbal Song Poetry : the Oral Literature of an Australian Rainforest People

Download or read book Dyirbal Song Poetry : the Oral Literature of an Australian Rainforest People written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Words with interlinear glosses of 124 songs in Girramay, Jirrbal, Gulngay, Jirru, Mamu, some with musical transcriptions; linguistic and musical analysis of five song styles - Gama and Marrga styles performed at corroborees and lovesong styles Jangala, Burran and Gaynyil; notes on vocabulary, grammar and phonology; brief history of Dyirbal people and effects of contacts with Europeans after 1864 when Cardwell established; survival of Murray Upper community.