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A grammatical description of Golpa, a dying Yolŋu language

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Title

A grammatical description of Golpa, a dying Yolŋu language,

Creator

Kabisch-Lindenlaub, Juliane,

Collection

E-Publications, E-Books, PublicationNT, Thesis (Ph. D.) - University of Jena, Germany,

Date

1979-07-25,

Location

North East Arnhem Land,

Description

This thesis is the first detailed description of Golpa, a dying Yolŋu language which is still proudly spoken by very few people on Elcho Island, in the north eastern corner of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. - Introduction, Made available via the Publications (Legal Deposit) Act 2004 (NT).,

Table of contents

Introduction -- Golpa -- Phonetics, phonology and orthography -- Lexical class and morphosyntax -- Lexical morphology -- Clauses -- Complex sentences -- References according to topics - Studies in Yolŋu languages, Studies in other Australian languages, General linguistics, Australian cultural studies, Socio-linguistic studies, Studies on language documentation and description -- All references.,

Language

English,

Subject

Aboriginal language, Linguistic research,

Publisher name

Publisher not known,

Place of publication

Place not known,

Series

Thesis (Ph. D.) - University of Jena, Germany,

Format

544 pages : map, tables ; 30 cm.,

File type

application/pdf.,

Copyright owner

Check within Publication or with content Publisher.,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/299179,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/385048