[RNLD] counting dictionaries for Australian languages?

[David Nash]

A couple of references Maïa:

Goddard, Cliff & Nick Thieberger. 1997. Lexicographic research on 
Australian Aboriginal languages, 1968-1993. pp.175-208 in /Boundary 
Rider. Essays in honour of Geoffrey O'Grady/ ed. by Darrell Tryon & 
Michael Walsh. /Pacific Linguistics/ C-136.
http://sealang.net/archives/pl/bib.pl?bib=pl&ref=PL-C136.175

Thieberger, Nick. 2015. The lexicography of indigenous languages in 
Australia and the Pacific. In /International handbook of modern lexis 
and lexicography/, 1–16. Springer. 
https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/55705/lexicogPacificAustralia.pdf

David

On 3/5/17 16:19, Maia Ponsonnet wrote:
> Good afternoon,
>
>
> As I am preparing a lecture on semantics/lexical semantics for the 
> Australia's Indigenous Languages that I am teaching at the University 
> of Sydney this year, I came to wonder if anyone had ever counted how 
> many Australian languages have a "published dictionary"?
>
> By "published" I mean a resource that is available to be purchased or 
> consulted from libraries, accessible from a website etc.
>
> By "dictionary" I mean an extensive collection of "words + definition" 
> - not just "words + translations" -, and probably anything over 200 
> entries? (as a rule of thumb).
>
> By "language" I imply "not dialects".
>
>
> Is there a list somewhere of "Australian languages that have a 
> dictionary"?
>
> What about other regions in the world?
>
>
> Many thanks for your answers, cheers,
>
>
> Maïa
>
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