Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 14:14:48 +1000
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From: David Nathan 
Subject: International workshop on Australian aboriginal languages
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES
Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,
The University of Melbourne

Saturday 31 May 1997 room 201, Babel Building

MORNING SESSION
10am - 12.30pm

 * The history of -ngany in Nyulnyulan languages.

    Bill McGregor, The University of Melbourne

 * Distributivity and one

    Barry Alpher, Visiting Scholar, The University of
    Melbourne

 * Lexicostatistics and the classification of Australian
    Languages.

    Ilia Pejros, The University of Melbourne

Morning Tea

 * Preferred word order and grammaticalisation of
   associated path in some Australian languages.

    Jane Simpon, University of Sydney

 * Let's put the future behind us: space-time metaphors
   in Kala Lagaw Ya.

    Lesley Stirling, The University of Melbourne

 * Kinship verbs.

    Nick Evans, The University of Melbourne

AFTERNOON SESSION
1.30pm - 5.00pm

 * Phonological developments in Victorian languages.

    Barry Blake, La Trobe University

 * The relatedness of Yorta Yorta and Yabula Yabula - an
   issue in the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim.

    Heather Bowe, Monash University

 * On the trail of the morpheme *-ra in Australian
   languages: its forms, functions and meanings.

    Mary Laughren, University of Queensland


Afternoon Tea

 * Patterns in grog terminology in Australian languages.

    David Nash, AIATSIS

 * It's either right here or way over there. Why it's
   unsafe to jump into a dinghy with a Meryam person.

    Nicky Piper, The University of Melbourne

 * Notes on Pinikura, Western Australia.

    Peter Austin, The University of Melbourne


ALL WELCOME.
For Further Information contact: Linguistics
and Applied Linguistics Administrative Assistant
r.borg@linguistics.unimelb.edu.au ph: 9344 5488


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