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McGregor, Nekes and Worms

Posted by Claire on April 2, 2007

Anthropos 102 includes an article by Bill McGregor on the editing of Nekes and Worms’ Australian Languages. The abstract can be found here.

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Recent work by Heidi Kneebone

Posted by Claire on January 29, 2007

Posted in Dissertations, Education, Historiography, Individual Languages, Miscellaneous, Pama-Nyungan | 1 Comment »

Papers by Peter Austin

Posted by Claire on May 22, 2006

Several new papers are on Peter Austin's web site at http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?cd=pa
Austin, Peter in press ‘Survival of Languages’ in Emily F. Shuckburgh (ed.) Survival: Darwin College Lectures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/AustinDarwinLecture.pdf

Austin, Peter in press ‘The Gamilaraay (Kamilaroi) Language, northern New South Wales — A Brief History of Research’ in William McGregor (ed.) History of Research on Australian Languages. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/AustinGamil.pdf

Austin, Peter 2006 Article 5040 ‘Languages of the World: Gamilaraay’ in Keith Brown (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier. http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/Austin5040.pdf

Austin, Peter 2006 Article 5042 ‘Languages of the World: Jiwarli’ in Keith Brown (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier. http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/Austin5042.pdf

Austin, Peter 2006 Article 1711 ‘Countries and Language – Australia’ in Keith Brown (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier. http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/peter_austin/Austin1711.pdf 

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Putting Herbert Basedow back in focus: the 1928 expedition to Arnhem Land

Posted by Claire on May 10, 2006

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