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Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country is a fascinating,
illustrated science book that takes kids inside the life of
termites through storytelling from the Gurindji People. Did you
know there are four types of termite poo? Or that a warm paste made
from termite mound is used to strengthen a Gurindji baby's body and
spirit? Or that spinifex (which termites eat) is one of the
strongest plants in the world? Created as a collaboration between
over 30 First Nations and non-Indigenous contributors, the story
and artworks explore how termites and their mounds connect
different parts of Country, from tiny Gurindji babies and their
loving grandmothers, to spiky spinifex plants growing in the hot
sun. Written in traditional Gurindji, Gurindji Kriol and English
(with a QR code to an audio version spoken in language), Tamarra is
a truly original story with beautiful artwork that takes readers on
an educational and cultural journey through Gurindji Country.
Suitable for children aged 7 to 12 years.
Felicity Meakins was awarded the Kenneth L. Hale Award 2021 by the
Linguistic Society of America (LSA) for outstanding work on the
documentation of endangered languages Gurindji is a Pama-Nyungan
language of north-central Australia. It is a member of the Ngumpin
subgroup which forms a part of the Ngumpin-Yapa group. The
phonology is typically Pama-Nyungan; the phoneme inventory contains
five places of articulation for stops which have corresponding
nasals. It also has three laterals, two rhotics and three vowels.
There are no fricatives and, among the stops, voicing is not
phonemically distinctive. One striking morpho-phonological process
is a nasal cluster dissimilation (NCD) rule. Gurindji is
morphologically agglutinative and suffixing, exhibiting a mix of
dependent-marking and head-marking. Nominals pattern according to
an ergative system and bound pronouns show an accusative pattern.
Gurindji marks a further 10 cases. Free and bound pronouns
distinguish person (1st inclusive and exclusive, 2nd and 3rd) and
three numbers (minimal, unit augmented and augmented). The Gurindji
verb complex consists of an inflecting verb and coverb. Inflecting
verbs belong to a closed class of 34 verbs which are grammatically
obligatory. Coverbs form an open class, numbering in the hundreds
and carrying the semantic weight of the complex verb
Felicity Meakins was awarded the Kenneth L. Hale Award 2021 by the
Linguistic Society of America (LSA) for outstanding work on the
documentation of endangered languages Australia is known for its
linguistic diversity and extensive contact between languages. This
edited volume is the first dedicated to language contact in
Australia since colonisation, marking a new era of linguistic work,
and contributing new data to theoretical discussions on contact
languages and language contact processes. It provides explanations
for contemporary contact processes in Australia and much-needed
descriptions of contact languages, including pidgins, creoles,
mixed languages, contact varieties of English, and restructured
Indigenous languages. Analyses of complex and dynamic processes are
informed by rich sociolinguistic description.
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical
introduction to research methods used in field linguistics.
Designed to teach students how to collect quality linguistic data
in an ethical and responsible manner, the key features include: A
focus on fieldwork in countries and continents that have undergone
colonial expansion, including Australia, the United States of
America, Canada, South America and Africa; A description of
specialist methods used to conduct research on phonological,
grammatical and lexical description, but also including methods for
research on gesture and sign, language acquisition, language
contact and the verbal arts; Examples of resources that have
resulted from collaborations with language communities and which
both advance linguistic understanding and support language
revitalisation work; Annotated guidance on sources for further
reading. This book is essential reading for students studying
modules relating to linguistic fieldwork or those looking to embark
upon field research.
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical
introduction to research methods used in field linguistics.
Designed to teach students how to collect quality linguistic data
in an ethical and responsible manner, the key features include: A
focus on fieldwork in countries and continents that have undergone
colonial expansion, including Australia, the United States of
America, Canada, South America and Africa; A description of
specialist methods used to conduct research on phonological,
grammatical and lexical description, but also including methods for
research on gesture and sign, language acquisition, language
contact and the verbal arts; Examples of resources that have
resulted from collaborations with language communities and which
both advance linguistic understanding and support language
revitalisation work; Annotated guidance on sources for further
reading. This book is essential reading for students studying
modules relating to linguistic fieldwork or those looking to embark
upon field research.
The Gurindji people of the Northern Territory are best known for
their walk-off of Wave Hill Station in 1966, protesting against
mistreatment by the station managers. The strike would become the
first major victory of the Indigenous land rights movement. Many
discussions of station life are focused on the harsh treatment of
Aboriginal workers. Songs from the Stations describes another side
of life on Wave Hill Station. Among the harsh conditions and
decades of mistreatment, an eclectic ceremonial life flourished
during the first half of the 20th century. Constant travel between
cattle stations by Aboriginal workers across north-western and
central Australia meant that Wave Hill Station became a crossroad
of desert and Top End musical styles. As a result, the Gurindji
people learnt songs from the Mudburra who came further east, the
Bilinarra from the north, Western Desert speakers from the west,
and the Warlpiri from the south. This book is the first detailed
documentation of wajarra, public songs performed by the Gurindji
people. Featuring five song sets known as Laka, Mintiwarra, Kamul,
Juntara, and Freedom Day, it is an exploration of the cultural
exchange between Indigenous communities that was fostered by their
involvement in the pastoral industry.Songs from the Stations
presents musical and textual analysis of the five sets of wajarra
songs below. These five song sets were recorded at Kalkaringi in
1998, 2007, 2015 and 2016, and can be streamed by visiting
https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/songs-stations.html
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