A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka

A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 428
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ISBN-10 : 9781614519003
ISBN-13 : 1614519005
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Download or read book A Grammar and Lexicon of Yintyingka written by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a description of Yintyingka, a Pama-Nyungan language of Cape York Peninsula in Australia. The language is no longer spoken, but the analysis is based on a range of archival materials from the 1920s to the 1990s, as well as the authors' fieldwork experience with neighbouring languages. This book pays special attention to the language in its social context, historical-comparative analysis, and the methods used to analyse the archival material.


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