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Worrorran revisited : the case for genetic relations among languages of the Northern Kimberley region of Western Australia / William B. McGregor and Alan Rumsey.

Title
Worrorran revisited : the case for genetic relations among languages of the Northern Kimberley region of Western Australia / William B. McGregor and Alan Rumsey.
Author
McGregor, William, 1952-
Publication
Canberra : Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Rumsey, Alan.
  • Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics
Description
xi, 120 p. : maps; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Pacific linguistics ; 600
Uniform Title
Pacific linguistics 600.
Subject
  • Wororan languages
  • Australian languages > Kimberley (W.A.)
  • Aboriginal Australians > Kimberley (W.A.) > Languages
  • Kimberley (W.A.) > Languages
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-120).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: the language and dialect situation; Sources of data; Previous classifications; Aims and methodology -- A statistical investigation of the lexicons of some Worroran and nearby languages -- Lexical correspondences -- Phonology: modern Wororran phonologies; Lamino-dental correspondences; Morphophonemic processes involving lamino-dentals; Summary: proto-Wororran phonology -- Nominal morphology: Nominal prefixation and body part possession: forms of the pronominal prefixes; body part lexemes in Wororran languages; body part lexemes in neighbouring non-Wororran languages; Postpostions and enclitics; Noun classes -- Personal pronouns -- Verbs: compound verbs; some observations on inflecting verbs; Subgrouping of the Wororran languages: Appendices: 1: Attested words with lamino-dental consonants in some Wororran languages and corresponding words in other Wororran languages -- 2: Wororran words with lamino-dental corresponding forms in other languages -- 3: Widest-attested Wororran lamino-dental correspondences and posited protoforms -- 4: Basic vocabulary from eight Worroran languages -- 5: Body part terms in the basic wordlists for eight Worroran languages with posited protoforms -- 6: Basic body part words from neighbouring non-Wororran languages.
ISBN
  • 9780858835993 (pbk)
  • 0858835991 (pbk)
OCLC
  • 314011389
  • SCSB-12646583
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