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A Grammar of Wardaman
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Chapters in this book

  1. I-XXIV I
  2. WARDΑΜΑΝ GRAMMAR
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 2. Segmental phonology 11
  5. Chapter 3. Process phonology 25
  6. Chapter 4. Word classes 57
  7. Chapter 5. Nominal classes, inflection and derivation 61
  8. Chapter 6. Independent pronouns and person-marking in the verb 107
  9. Chapter 7. Demonstratives, interrogatives, and adverbs 137
  10. Chapter 8. Categories of the finite verb, and the verb in the clause 171
  11. Chapter 9. Other aspects of word formation 215
  12. Chapter 10. Issues in constituency and word order 223
  13. Chapter 11. Particles, particle syntax and clausal complements 261
  14. Chapter 12. Clausal particles, conjunctions, and interjections 291
  15. WARDΑΜΑΝ TEXTS
  16. Text I. Elsie Raymond, talking of her girlhood 331
  17. Text II. Jalijbang ‘moon dreaming’ 367
  18. Text III. Story of Mejern-bulud and other incidents of European-Aboriginal clash 377
  19. Text IV. Stopping the grog 419
  20. Text V. Wurrguru ‘devils’ 421
  21. Text VI. Dalyarra, pregnant women’s fear of visual penetration 429
  22. Text VII. Warnaba ‘spirits of the grass’ 435
  23. Text VIII. Child spirits 440
  24. Text IX. Galapin ‘Galloping Jack’s’, a place on the Katherine River 443
  25. Text X. Godjogodjog ‘peaceful dove’ 456
  26. Text XI. Onion 462
  27. Text XII. Naribu ‘pearlshell’, a trade item 470
  28. Text XIII. Jarlarla-ya and Nimji, places on Wiueroo Station 474
  29. Text XIV. Geberrung, a permanent water on Willeroo Station 478
  30. Text XV. Goyin ‘honey’ 488
  31. Text XVI. Mardirdguya ‘two sparrow hawks’ 493
  32. Text XVII. Narru, learning to dodge 498
  33. Text XVIII. Welfare days, taking away children 503
  34. Text XIX. Menngen ‘white cockatoo’ 509
  35. Text XX. Gadi 'lily root' 511
  36. Text XXI. Story of Mr Court 517
  37. Text XXII. Story of Roy Bartlam 523
  38. Text XXIII. Skins and marriage 529
  39. Text XXIV. Gorrondolmi and wirninginya, rainbow and quiet snake 536
  40. Text XXV. Marriage 542
  41. Text XXVI. Yirlorloban ‘taipan’ 545
  42. Text XXVII. Story of Wiyorlwonyang, jiyila ‘well’ on Willeroo Station 549
  43. Text XXVIII. Story of Banggin George being shot at Delamere 558
  44. Text XXIX. Echidna and the Mt. Gregory area 563
  45. Text XXX. Station 569
  46. Vocabulary in semantic fields 575
  47. Wardaman word list 580
  48. References 611
  49. Index to Wardaman grammar 614
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110871371.558

Chapters in this book

  1. I-XXIV I
  2. WARDΑΜΑΝ GRAMMAR
  3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
  4. Chapter 2. Segmental phonology 11
  5. Chapter 3. Process phonology 25
  6. Chapter 4. Word classes 57
  7. Chapter 5. Nominal classes, inflection and derivation 61
  8. Chapter 6. Independent pronouns and person-marking in the verb 107
  9. Chapter 7. Demonstratives, interrogatives, and adverbs 137
  10. Chapter 8. Categories of the finite verb, and the verb in the clause 171
  11. Chapter 9. Other aspects of word formation 215
  12. Chapter 10. Issues in constituency and word order 223
  13. Chapter 11. Particles, particle syntax and clausal complements 261
  14. Chapter 12. Clausal particles, conjunctions, and interjections 291
  15. WARDΑΜΑΝ TEXTS
  16. Text I. Elsie Raymond, talking of her girlhood 331
  17. Text II. Jalijbang ‘moon dreaming’ 367
  18. Text III. Story of Mejern-bulud and other incidents of European-Aboriginal clash 377
  19. Text IV. Stopping the grog 419
  20. Text V. Wurrguru ‘devils’ 421
  21. Text VI. Dalyarra, pregnant women’s fear of visual penetration 429
  22. Text VII. Warnaba ‘spirits of the grass’ 435
  23. Text VIII. Child spirits 440
  24. Text IX. Galapin ‘Galloping Jack’s’, a place on the Katherine River 443
  25. Text X. Godjogodjog ‘peaceful dove’ 456
  26. Text XI. Onion 462
  27. Text XII. Naribu ‘pearlshell’, a trade item 470
  28. Text XIII. Jarlarla-ya and Nimji, places on Wiueroo Station 474
  29. Text XIV. Geberrung, a permanent water on Willeroo Station 478
  30. Text XV. Goyin ‘honey’ 488
  31. Text XVI. Mardirdguya ‘two sparrow hawks’ 493
  32. Text XVII. Narru, learning to dodge 498
  33. Text XVIII. Welfare days, taking away children 503
  34. Text XIX. Menngen ‘white cockatoo’ 509
  35. Text XX. Gadi 'lily root' 511
  36. Text XXI. Story of Mr Court 517
  37. Text XXII. Story of Roy Bartlam 523
  38. Text XXIII. Skins and marriage 529
  39. Text XXIV. Gorrondolmi and wirninginya, rainbow and quiet snake 536
  40. Text XXV. Marriage 542
  41. Text XXVI. Yirlorloban ‘taipan’ 545
  42. Text XXVII. Story of Wiyorlwonyang, jiyila ‘well’ on Willeroo Station 549
  43. Text XXVIII. Story of Banggin George being shot at Delamere 558
  44. Text XXIX. Echidna and the Mt. Gregory area 563
  45. Text XXX. Station 569
  46. Vocabulary in semantic fields 575
  47. Wardaman word list 580
  48. References 611
  49. Index to Wardaman grammar 614
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