A Grammar of Bardi

The Bardi language is currently spoken by fewer than 10 people. The language is a member of the Nyulnyulan family, a small non-Pama-Nyungan family in northwest Australia. This book is a reference grammar of the language. The 16 chapters include information on phonetics and phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, and syntax, as well as an ethnographic sketch of traditional life. A selection of texts is also included. It is the first published full study of a Nyulnyulan language.

About the author

Claire Bowern is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Rice University, USA and a member of the Australian National University's Centre for Research on Language Change. Her primary areas of research are language documentation/description andhistorical linguistics, particularly in Northern Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Claire Bowern
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9783110278156
• ISBN: 978-3-11-027815-6
• No. of pages: 820
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 52 mm x 246 mm
• Weight: 1578 g
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library; Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]; Mouton Grammar Library; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics