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Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development Paperback – 4 December 2007

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Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary typologically and presents a profile of this long-established linguistic area. The areal distribution of most features is illustrated with more than 30 maps, showing that the languages tend to move in cyclic fashion with respect to many of the parameters. There is also an index of languages and language groups. Professor Dixon, a pioneering scholar in the field, brings an interesting perspective to this diverse and complex material.
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    0521046041
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521046046
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  5. Publication date
    4 December 2007
  6. Part of series
    Cambridge Language Surveys
  7. Language
    English
  8. Dimensions
    15.24 x 4.47 x 22.86 cm
  9. Print length
    780 pages
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Professor Dixon presents a comprehensive study of the indigenous languages of Australia.

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R. M. W. Dixon is Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University, Victoria.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (4 December 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 780 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521046041
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521046046
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 4.47 x 22.86 cm
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StoneRiver
5.0 out of 5 stars Organized, well written, and insightful
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A real treat to read, gives unique insight into a world of languages unique to Australia. Comprehensive, covers a lot of material, gives good reference material and provides insightful ideas to consider. Lots to be learned and understood here. Book is, however, about 20 years old.
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Robert H. Sydnor
4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Treatise on Australian Languages
Reviewed in the United States on 23 December 2012
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This 734-page treatise on "Australian Languages - their nature and development" by Dr. Robert M.W. Dixon reflects his four decades of linguistic research. It was published in 2002 by Cambridge University Press, and a second printing in 2007 is in paperback format, plus e-book format.

For 29 years, Professor Dixon taught at Australian National University (1970-1999). He then moved in 2000 to LaTrobe University where he served as Director of the Research Center of Linguistic Typology. Dr. Dixon has now retired and moved to Queensland where he is an Adjunct Professor at James Cook University, The Cairns Institute.

The treatise is organized into 14 chapters:

Chapter 1, The language situation in Australia, pages 1-19
Chapter 2, Modelling the language situation, pages 20-54
Chapter 3, Overview, pages 55-95
Chapter 4, Vocabulary, pages 96-130
Chapter 5, Case and other nominal suffixes, pages 131-175
Chapter 6, Verbs, pages 176-242
Chapter 7, Pronouns, pages 243-336
Chapter 8, Bound Pronouns, pages 337-401
Chapter 9, Prefixing and fusion, pages 402-448
Chapter 10, Generic nouns, classifiers, genders, and noun classes, pages 449-514
Chapter 11, Ergative/accusative morphological and syntactic profiles, pages 515-546
Chapter 12, Phonology, pages 547-658
Chapter 13, Genetic subgroups and small linguistic areas, pages 659-689
Chapter 14, Summary and Conclusion, pages 695-699
References, page 700
Index of languages, dialects, and language groups, page 719
Subject Index, page 731

There are several dozen maps of the entire continent of Australia, so that the reader can key the language to a geographical area. The references are a helpful guide to journal articles published prior to 2002.
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