Wuka Nya-Nganunga Li-Yanyuwa Li-Anthawirriyarra. Language for Us, the Yanyuwa Saltwater People: A Yanyuwa Encyclopaedia

Volume 2

von John Bradley

792 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This encyclopedia introduces Yanyuwa grammar and dictionary, highlighting distinctive sounds, gendered speech, noun classes, and cross-cultural linguistic insights.This Encyclopedia is a rich, authoritative repository of the cultural and linguistic knowledge of the Yanyuwa, the Saltwater people of the coastal and island country near Borroloola in the Northern Territory of Australia.Volume 2 of this Encyclopedia will be of particular interest to linguists. Part 1 considers Yanyuwa grammar, which has distinctive features, in detail. Chapters cover the sounds of Yanyuwa; special dialects, including separate men's and women's language; the 16 noun classes, as well as avoidance noun forms; pronouns; adjectives; and verbs - all with extensive examples. Part 2 offers a comprehensive Yanyuwa-English dictionary, with important linguistic, taxonomic and cultural information, bilingual examples and cross-references. Part 3 is an English-Yanyuwa word finder, with subcategories of thematically related words. This volume includes illustrations and a bibliography.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Ethnic Studies / Ethnizität Ethnische Gruppen und multikulturelle Studien Indigene Völker / Indigenität
• ISBN: 9781925333459
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.10.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Australian Scholarly Publishing