Australian Aboriginal Studies

Latest issue on songs and song language.

Articles
Musical and linguistic perspectives on Aboriginal song Allan Marett and Linda Barwick	abstract	1
Iwaidja Jurtbirrk songs: Bringing language and music together Linda Barwick, Bruce Birch, Nicholas Evans	abstract	6
Morrdjdjanjno ngan-marnbom story nakka, ‘songs that turn me into a story teller’: The morrdjdjanjno of western Arnhem Land Murray Garde	abstract	35
Sung and spoken: An analysis of two different versions of a Kun-barlang love song Isabel O’Keeffe (nee Bickerdike)	abstract	46
Simplifying musical practice in order to enhance local identity: Rhythmic modes in the Walakandha wangga (Wadeye, Northern Territory) Allan Marett	abstract	63
‘Too long, that wangga’: Analysing wangga texts over time Lysbeth Ford	abstract	76
Flesh with country: Juxtaposition and minimal contrast in the construction and melodic treatment of jadmi song texts Sally Treloyn	abstract	90
The poetics of central Australian Aboriginal song Myfany Turpin	abstract	100
Budutthun ratja wiyinymirri: Formal flexibility in the Yolŋu manikay tradition and the challenge of recording a complete repertoire Aaron Corn with Neparrŋ a Gumbula	abstract	116
Australian Aboriginal song language: So many questions, so little to work with Michael Walsh	abstract	128

OzPhon2007

Some of the handouts to the OzPhon workshop are available here. (See also the summary by Jane here.)

Media Databases

David Nash’s summary of media databases used for Australian languages.