Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country / edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, University of Leuven ; Diane Hafner, University of Queensland.
Material type: TextSeries: Culture and language use ; v. 18.Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789027267603
- 902726760X
- Australian languages -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
- Anthropological linguistics -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- Languages
- Langues australiennes -- Australie -- Cap York, Presqu'île du (Queensl.)
- Ethnolinguistique -- Australie -- Cap York, Presqu'île du (Queensl.)
- Cap York, Presqu'île du (Queensl.) -- Langues
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- Anthropological linguistics
- Australian languages
- Language and languages
- Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula
- 306.09943/8 23
- PL7091.C3
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"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."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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
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
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
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
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
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