Aboriginal English : a cultural study / J.M. Arthur
- Bib ID:
- 1398640
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Arthur, J. M. (Jay Mary), 1946-
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1996
- 264 p. ; 22 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0195540182
- Summary:
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Introduction describes history of Aboriginal English, its phonology and relationship to Aboriginal languages; dictionary is arranged in semantic domains; traditional culture and law, kin terms, social interaction, relationship to country, experience of colonisation, colonisers and pastoral industry terms, linguistic usages and concepts of modern indigenous Australia.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 246-252.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Dictionaries
- Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs
- English language -- Dialects -- Australia -- Dictionaries
- Kriol language -- Dictionaries
- Language - Linguistics - Phonology and phonetics
- Economic sectors - Agriculture and horticulture - Pastoral industry
- Social organisation - Kinship - Kinship terms
- Language - Semantics
- Language - Vocabulary - Human classification
- Language - English - Aboriginal English
- Kriol / Creole language P1
- Australia
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1996
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