Australian Languages.9783110175974 Australian languages Australian languages, aboriginal languages spoken on the continent of Australia. The Australian languages do not appear to be related to any other linguistic family. . (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Nekes, Hermann and Ernest A. Worms. Ed. by William B. McGregor. Walter de Gruyter 2006 415 pages $267.30 Hardcover Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 24 PL7091 In 1945, German missionary linguists A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies linguistics. Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows more than 2 languages), or a grammarian, but these two uses of the word are distinct. Nekes (1875-1948) and Worms (1891-1963) finished their account of a decade of research, mostly in the far north of Australia but also other regions, and looked around Australia for a publisher. After eight years, they settled for microfilm publication by the Anthropos Institut in Switzerland. In 1981, McGregor came across some of their material still in Australia, an undertook to revise, annotate annotate - annotation , and update the original text. For 127 native languages, the study examines the grammar of prefixing and suffixing languages of the southern Kimberley, and presents text of myths and legends Myths and Legends is a Collectible Card Game based on universal mythologies, developed in 2000 in Santiago, Chile. The game now has 0 editions and more than 3,000 collectible cards. , narratives, and songs. The disk contains dictionaries. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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