A Grammar of Gaagudju

by Mark Harvey

This grammar provides an overall description of Gaagudju, a now nearly extinct language of northern Australia. Gaagudju differs from most previously described Australian languages in a number of ways. It shows marked differences in the realizations of stressed and unstressed syllables. It has complex systems of prefixation as well as suffixation. There is a clear distinction between productive and unproductive morphology, with a large amount of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110172488
• ISBN13: 9783110172485
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 507 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary