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
Date created: 16 March 1998
Last modified: 16 March 1998
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