LINGUIST List 17.2856

Sun Oct 01 2006

Books: Language Description: Lissarrague

Editor for this issue: Maria Moreno-Rollins <marialinguistlist.org>

Directory         1.    Ken Walker, A Salvage Grammar and Wordlist of the Language from the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie: Lissarrague
Message 1: A Salvage Grammar and Wordlist of the Language from the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie: Lissarrague
Date: 27-Sep-2006
From: Ken Walker <muurrbaywestnet.com.au>
Subject: A Salvage Grammar and Wordlist of the Language from the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie: Lissarrague


Title: A Salvage Grammar and Wordlist of the Language from the Hunter
River and Lake Macquarie Published: 2006 Publisher: Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Co-operative Ltd.
                www.muurrbay.org.au

Author: Amanda Lissarrague, Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre Paperback: ISBN: 097753510X Pages: 276 Price: AUS $ 40.00 Comment: plus postage & handling
Abstract:

This grammar and wordlist is a valuable language revitalization tool forAboriginal people of the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie Region of NewSouth Wales. It will appeal to anyone who is interested in the AboriginalLanguages of Australia. It is primarily based on the work of the ReverendLancelot Threlkeld, who, in the first half of the nineteenth century, wrotea comprehensive account of the language taught to him by Biraban. Theevidence from archival sources suggests that the language described byThrelkeld as 'The language of the Hunter River and Lake Macquarie' wasspoken by people now known as Awabakal, Kuringgai, Wonnarua, and perhapsGeawegal. Amanda Lissarrague presents a clear and succinct interpretationof the phonology and grammar of the language in terms that are accessibleto both the layman and the specialist. This work also contains a vocabularywritten in a practical spelling system, and a database of examplesentences. Muurrbay is a nonprofit Aboriginal organization that supportsthe coastal languages of northern and central N.S.W. through its auspicingof the Many Rivers Aboriginal Language Centre. The grammar is © WonnaruaNation Aboriginal Corporation. Please email enquiries tomuurrbaywestnet.com.au.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description
Subject Language(s): Awabakal (awk)
Written In: English (eng )

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