University of WA to analyse Aboriginal languages (fwd link)

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University of WA to analyse Aboriginal languages

August 6, 2009 - 3:30PM
Australia

Cause it's time, it's time in time with your time, and its news is captured, for
the queen to use."

So wrote the rock group Yes in their `70s hit I've Seen All Good People.

Copyright permitting, the lyrics could be the slogan for a world-first project
delving into Aboriginal concepts of time.

Fewer and fewer Aboriginal elders are able to speak the language of their
ancestors.

Linguists are racing to grasp the terminology and nuances used by indigenous
language groups before they die out.

The University of Western Australia's Professor Alan Dench and Associate
Professor Eve-Marie Ritz will join Australian, British and European linguists
in analysing the languages of communities where the traditional dialect is
still spoken

Access full article below:
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/university-of-wa-to-analyse-aboriginal-languages-20090806-eb9t.html