The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages

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Claire Bowern (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Yale University)

The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages

Claire Bowern (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Yale University)

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Oxford University Press
16 March 2023

Sociolinguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Phonetics, phonology; Grammar, syntax; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Oxford Guides to the World's Languages

The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages is a wide-ranging reference work that explores the more than 550 traditional and new Indigenous languages of Australia. Australian languages have long played an important role in diachronic and synchronic linguistics and are a vital testing ground for linguistic theory. Until now, however, there has been no comprehensive and accessible guide to the their vast linguistic diversity. This volume fills that gap, bringing together leading scholars and junior researchers to provide an up-to-date guide to all aspects of the languages of Australia. The chapters in the book explore typology, documentation, and classification; linguistic structures from phonology to pragmatics and discourse; sociolinguistics and language variation; and language in the community. The final part offers grammatical sketches of a selection of languages, sub-groups, and families. At a time when the number of living Australian languages is significantly reduced even compared to twenty year ago, this volume establishes priorities for future linguistic research and contributes to the language expansion and revitalization efforts that are underway.

Edited by: Claire Bowern (Professor of Linguistics Professor of Linguistics Yale University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 284mm, Width: 226mm, Spine: 61mm
Weight: 3g
ISBN: 9780198824978
ISBN 10: 0198824971
Series: Oxford Guides to the World's Languages
Pages: 1184
Publication Date: 16 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Claire Bowern, Professor of Linguistics, Yale University

Reviews for The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages

Bowern and her seventy-six contributors (fifty-five of them based in Australian institutions) masterfully deliver on the book's promise advanced in several thoughtfully detailed introductory chapters exploring both the historical landscape and taxonomies of these languages (both old and new) and the intricacies of documentation methods that aim to preserve them [...] Moreover, the Guide goes the extra mile to correct widespread misconceptions stemming from broad over-generalisations about the capabilities and characteristics of Indigenous languages, ensuring that they are presented in an authentic light and given just representation. * Thomas Poulton, Australian Book Review *