This volume offers a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic, anthropological, archaeological and historical work focused on Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, in Australia's northeast. The volume also honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Queensland, whose work has inspired all of the contributors. The papers in the volume are organized in terms of five key themes, including the use of historical and archaeological methods to reconstruct aspects of language and social organization, anthropological and linguistic work uncovering aspects of world view embedded in languages and ethnographic data sets, the study of post-contact transformations in language and society, and the return of archival data to communities. Its thematic intersections draw together the varied disciplinary threads in an overview of the cultures and languages of the region, and will appeal to all those interested in Australian Aboriginal studies, linguistics, anthropology and associated disciplines.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Co
ISBN-13
9789027244543
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220904204
Product Key Features
Author
Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
Publication Name
Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
492 Pages
Dimensions
Volume
18
Item Weight
1000g
Additional Product Features
Issn
1879-5838
Series Title
Culture and Language Use
Editor
Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner
Country/Region of Manufacture
Netherlands
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