Publisher:
Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Published:
1984
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17804930308
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Small 4to. xiv, 664pp, index, bibliography, appendix. Slightest of edge wear to cover, minor foxing to top edge. The Nunggubuyu language is spoken by some 2-300 people formerly hunter gatherers on the Arnhem Land coast opposite Groote Eylandt. The majority of the Nunggubuyu people were settled at Numbulwar Mission in 1952. Sections include: Segmental phonetics/phonology; Phonological rules; Noun morphology; Kin terms; Personal pronouns; Demonstratives; Outline of the Verbal inflectional system; Pronominal prefixes with verbs; Verbal derivational affixes; Syntax, phrase and clause level; Syntax: Complex constructions; Functional Systematics; along with numerous tables and figures.
