22.1144, Books: History of Ling/Lang Documentation: Dixon

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Date: 09-Mar-2011
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Dixon

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Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:40:04
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Searching for Aboriginal Languages: Dixon

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Title: Searching for Aboriginal Languages 
Subtitle: Memoirs of a Field Worker 
Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org

Author: R. M. W. Dixon

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108025041 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 18.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108025041 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 28.99

Abstract:

In the early 1960s, R. M. W. (Bob) Dixon was one of the first linguists to study 
the Aboriginal languages of northeast Queensland, Australia. He found that 
some languages of the coastal rainforest were still in daily use, but others were 
only half-remembered by a single elder. This autobiographical account of 
fourteen years of research, first published in 1984, paints a fascinating picture of 
the frontier society that existed in the region nearly fifty years ago. It reveals the 
difficulties and the excitement of linguistic fieldwork, but most of all it focuses 
on the people who agreed to work with Dixon and patiently helped him to 
understand their dauntingly complex languages. They allowed him to record their 
legends and songs and spent many hours answering his questions; this book is 
a poignant reminder of the fragility of their ancient culture. 

Table of Contents

1. Setting off; 
2. 'Haven't you got a machine?'; 
3. 'You never talk it to me!'; 
4. Full of unforgettable characters; 
5. 'Time to get back to wife'; 
6. 'Drink this!'; 
7. 'Of course we'll keep in touch'; 
8. 'Doing all these Jalnguy'; 
9. Lots of linguistic expertise; 
10. 'This way be bit more better'; 
11. 'Happiness and fun'; 
12. 'It's not'; 
13. 'Those are good for you'; 
14. Loss; 
15. 'I think I like that language best'; 

Afterword; 

Pronunciation of Aboriginal words; 

Tribal and language names. 

Linguistic Field(s): History of Linguistics
                     Language Documentation

Written In: English  (eng)

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