The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi Language Spoken on Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Australia, Issue 21

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Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974 - Foreign Language Study - 170 pages
Grammar of Tiwi; introduction of the language, its location and speakers; phonology; morphophonology; morphology syntax; myths in the Tiwi language with interlinear glosses and free translation; Tiwi-English and English-Tiwi dictionary, thesaurus.

Contents

Acknowledgments ix
5
The description
8
chapter three
22
chapter four
51
Syntax
58
Sentence joining and embedding
69
PART TWO MYTHS
77
Introduction
79
The first kwoka
98
The first bark canoe
99
The first fire stick
100
Jǝrǝkǝpai
101
Hunting and gathering 1
103
Hunting and gathering II
106
Dying
109
A funeral ceremony
111

Maximpupini
86
The first kuulama
89
Kujipurani and Najiŋa
92
The first funeral dance 1
93
The first funeral dance II
94
Mwarǝkati and Tujuni
96
Why the sea is salt
97
PART THREE DICTIONARY
115
Introduction
117
TiwiEnglish
119
EnglishTiwi
141
Thesaurus
159
Bibliography
169
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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi Language Spoken on Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Australia, Issue 21
(Australian Aboriginal studies. no. 55. Linguistic series. no. 21.)
Issue 55 of Australian aboriginal studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Issue 21 of Linguistic series, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Issue 21 of RECALL linguistic series
The Tiwi Language: Grammar, Myths and Dictionary of the Tiwi Language Spoken on Melville and Bathurst Islands, Northern Australia, C. R. Osborne
AuthorC. R. Osborne
Editionillustrated
PublisherAustralian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974
ISBN0855750375, 9780855750374
Length170 pages
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Foreign Language Study / Indigenous Languages of the Americas
Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous
Social Science / Indigenous Studies
  
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