I am a linguist / by R.M.W. Dixon ; with a foreword by Peter Matthews
- Bib ID:
- 5383216
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dixon, Robert M. W
- Description:
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011
- xvii, 391 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9789004192355
- 9004192352
- 9789004194052
- 9004194053
- Summary:
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Autobiography of linguist Bob Dixon, includes his work on Dyirbal, and Yidin languages, with brief references to other Australian Aboriginal languages; treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia; missionaries; includes his work in Fiji and Brazil; contains material that may cause offense.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-381) and index.
- Subject:
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- Dixon, Robert M. W
- Linguistics
- Language - Linguistics
- Indigenous peoples - South and Central America
- Dyirbal / Djirbal / Jirrabul language (Y123) (Qld SE55-05)
- Religions - Christianity - Missionaries
- Language - Maintenance
- Yidiny / Yidindji language (Y117) (Qld SE55-06)
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous - Autobiographies
- Murray Upper (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Palm Island (NE Qld SE55-10)
- Yarrabah / Cape Grafton (NE Qld SE55-02)
- Fiji
- Brazil
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2011
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