Searching for Aboriginal Languages - Memoirs of a Field Worker

Klappentext A fascinating account of fieldwork on endangered Aboriginal languages in the tropical rainforest of Queensland during the 1960s. Zusammenfassung R. M. W. (Bob) Dixon was one of the first linguists to study the Aboriginal languages of northeast Queensland. This account of his research between 1963 and 1977 reveals the difficulties and excitement of linguistic fieldwork! but focuses especially on the people who patiently helped him to understand their dauntingly complex languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Setting off; 2. 'Haven't you got a machine?'; 3. 'You never talk it to me!'; 4. Full of unforgettable characters; 5. 'Time to get back to wife'; 6. 'Drink this!'; 7. 'Of course we'll keep in touch'; 8. 'Doing all these Jalnguy'; 9. Lots of linguistic expertise; 10. 'This way be bit more better'; 11. 'Happiness and fun'; 12. 'It's not'; 13. 'Those are good for you'; 14. Loss; 15. 'I think I like that language best'; Afterword; Pronunciation of Aboriginal words; Tribal and language names.

Product details

• Authors: R. M. W. Dixon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9781108025041
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02504-1
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Education and learning > German as a second/foreign language; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies