Yir-Yoront Lexicon: Sketch and Dictionary of an Australian Language

Barry Alpher

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Yir-Yoront Lexicon

Sketch and Dictionary of an Australian Language

Barry Alpher

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1991

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Volume 6 | Trends in Linguistics. Documentation [TiLDOC]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistics, other

I-XII Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
0. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
1. Phonology and orthography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
2. Grammatical categories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
3. Adverbials of place and direction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	64
4. Postpositions and Postposition-Movement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	67
5. Derivation of nouns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	69
6. Taxonomy of things designated by nouns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	72
7. Miscellaneous notes on semantics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
8. The parts of dictionary entries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
9. Totems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	86
10. Human classification and the kinship system Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
11. The respect register and its special vocabulary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
12. Selected domain lists: plants, birds, quantity terms. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
13. Specialized English usages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
Yir-Yoront-to-English dictionary. A-L Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	125
Yir-Yoront-to-English dictionary. M-Z Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	695
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	783
796 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	796

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9783110872651

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November 1, 1991

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9783110126822

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9

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795

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