Aboriginal languages of Australia
H Bowe
8 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Clayton
An introduction to Australian Aboriginal languages covering features of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and sociolinguistic issues including language status, bilingualism and the role of linguistics in language maintenance and revival.
Assessment
Written assignments (3000 words): 50% * Class test: (1 hour): 10% * Class exercises and participation: 40%
Prescribed text
Walsh M and Yallop C Language and culture in Aboriginal Australia Aboriginal Studies Press, 1993
Recommended texts
Blake B J Australian Aboriginal grammar Croom Helm, 1987
Bowe H J Categories, constituents and constituent order in Pitjantjatjara RKP, 1990.
Dixon R M W The languages of Australia CUP, 1980