[RNLD] counting dictionaries for Australian languages?

[Claire Bowern]

I have 113 languages with dictionary sources in Chirila, at present.
This is an undercount. I used > 400 entries.
Claire

On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 2:38 AM, David Nash <david.nash at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> 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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