The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia /

The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia /

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Author / Creator:	McGregor, William.
Imprint:	London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:	English
Subject:	Australian languages -- Australia -- Kimberley (W.A.) -- Grammar. Australian languages -- Grammar. Language and languages -- Grammar. Kimberley (W.A.) -- Languages -- Grammar. Western Australia -- Kimberley.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11297481

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ISBN:	0203434714 9780203434710 0415308089 9780415308083 9786610078790 6610078793
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.
Other form:	Print version: McGregor, William. Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 0415308089

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Summary:	The Kimberley, the far north-west of Australia, is one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the continent. Some fifty-five Aboriginal languages belonging to five different families are spoken within its borders. Few of these languages are currently being passed on to children, most of whom speak Kriol (a new language that arose about half a century ago from an earlier Pidgin English) or Aboriginal English (a dialect of English) as their mother tongue and usual language of communication. This book describes the Aboriginal languages spoken today and in the recent past in this region.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:	0203434714 9780203434710 0415308089 9780415308083 9786610078790 6610078793