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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Culture and Language Use (CLU),
1879-5838 ;
18
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Culture and language use ; v. 18.
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| Note |
"The volume honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland, whose pioneering work in this region inspired all of the contributors to the volume." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; General maps ; Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country; 1. Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country; 1.1 The anthropological sciences; 1.2 Contact history and indigenous policy; 2. Bruce Rigsby; 3. This volume; 3.1 Reconstructions; 3.2 World views; 3.3 Contacts and contrasts; 3.4. Transformations; 3.5 Repatrations; 4. Conclusion; References; Appendix: Bibliography of Bruce Rigsby; 1. Books and volumes |
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2. Articles and chapters3. Book Reviews; 4. Consultant's reports, affidavits etc (complete up to 2009); Connecting Thaypanic; 1. Introduction; 2. Membership and external context of this family; 2.1 Languages; 2.2 Alaya-Athima and its neighbours; 3. Borrowing and genetic subgrouping; 4. Sounds and transcription; 5. Lexical evidence; 6. Grammatical evidence; 6.1 Imperative *-ng; 6.2 Instrumental-Locative *-bV; 6.3 Pronouns; 7. The relationship of Kuku-Yalandji to these languages; 8. Possible inclusion of other East Coast languages with the preceding; 9. Remarks and Conclusions; References |
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Regions without borders1. Introduction; 2. General features of rock art distribution; 3. Princess Charlotte Bay; 4. Normanby and upper Endeavour Rivers; 5. The Laura/Quinkan area; 5.1 Localities; 5.2 Overview; 6. The western margins: Kennedy and Hann Rivers and the Koolburra Plateau; 6.1 Localities; 6.2 Overview; 7. Rock art and its relationships; 7. 1 Continuity; 7.2 Zones of rock art; 7.3 Boundaries and transitions; 8. Conclusions: Regions without borders; References; The Flinders Islands and Cape Melville people in history; 1. Introduction; 2. History; 2.1 Archaeology |
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2.2 Explorers' accounts2.3 Anthropologists' accounts; 3. The people; 4. Traditional affiliations; 4.1 Languages and wider categories; 4.2 Clans and traditional land ownership; 4.3 Traditional relationships between groups; References; Fission, fusion and syncretism; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 2.1 Environmental Background; 2.2 Overview of current Wellesley Region archaeological evidence; 3. A revised hypothesis of Tangkic linguistic history; 4. Fission and territorialization; 4.1 The role of Allen Island as a staging point for migration to Bentinck Island |
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4.2 Relevant findings on fission from the Western Desert4.3 Comparison with post-contact fissions and successions following local depopulations; 5. Fusion of new groups following initial fission event; 6. Understanding territorial and demographic vulnerability from extreme flood events and the need for flood refuge -- more recent ethnographic evidence; 7. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Groups, country and personhood on the upper Wenlock River, Cape York Peninsula; 1. Introduction ; 2. Kaanju people on the upper Wenlock River; 3. Thomson's Kaanju genealogies |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Australian languages -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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Australian languages. |
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Australia. |
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Anthropological linguistics -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
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Anthropological linguistics. |
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Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- Languages.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Verstraete, Jean-Christophe, 1976- editor.
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Hafner, Diane, editor.
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Rigsby, Bruce, honouree.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf County Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016] 9789027244543 (DLC) 2015038058 |
| ISBN |
9789027267603 (pdf) |
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902726760X (pdf) |
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9789027244543 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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