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 Innamincka
Talk: A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha
with notes on other dialects
Gavan Breen
PL 558
Innamincka Talk: a grammar of the Innamincka
dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects is one
of a pair of companion volumes on Yandruwandha, a dialect
of the language formerly spoken on the Cooper and Strzelecki
Creeks and the country to the north of the Cooper, in the
northeast corner of South Australia and a neighbouring strip
of Queensland. The other volume is entitled Innamincka Words.
Innamincka Talk is a more technical work and is intended for
specialists and for interested readers who are willing to
put some time and effort into studying the language. Innamincka
Words is for readers, especially descendants of the original
people of the area, who are interested but not ready to undertake
serious study of the language. It is also a necessary resource
for users of Innamincka Talk. These volumes document all that
could be learnt from the last speakers of the language in
the last years of their lives by a linguist who was involved
with other languages at the same time. These were people who
did not have a full knowledge of the culture of their forebears,
but were highly competent, indeed brilliant, in the way they
could teach what they knew to the linguist student. Although
the volumes document only a small part of a rich culture,
they are a tribute to the ability and diligence of the teachers.
2004 ISBN 0 85883 547 9
xvii + 245 pp
Prices: Australia AUD$64.90. (incl. GST) Overseas
AUD$59.00
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