Item F3857 - Classification of the Australian languages : the geographical, bibliographical and linguistic bases of the study of the Australian languages

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F3857

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Classification of the Australian languages : the geographical, bibliographical and linguistic bases of the study of the Australian languages

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  • 1972 (Creation)

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xi, 347 leaves : maps, tbls (pt. fold) ; 29 cm.

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Name of creator

Clark, Dymphna
(1916-2000)

Biographical history

Hilma Dymphna Lodewyckx was born on 18 December 1916 at Melbourne, Victoria. She mastered over eight languages and became a successful linguist. She married Manning Clark in 1939. The couple had six children. She was an activist for rights of Australian aboriginals. Hilma Dymphna Clark died on 12 May 2000.

Name of creator

Schmidt, Wilhelm, 1868-1954
(1868-1954)

Biographical history

Austrian linguist, anthropologist, and ethnologist.

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Removed from UQFL476 Bruce A. Sommer Papers in 2019 and catalogued to Fryer Library PL7001 .S356 1972.

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Carbon copy typescript of Die Gliederung der australischen Sprachen : geographische, bibliographische, linguistische Grundzuge der Erforschung der australischen Sprachen by Wilhelm Schmidt publication in 1919 ; translated from the German by D. Clark for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; 1972. Item contains cut and paste inserts from original publication. Schmidt wrote about the classification of Australian languages; linguistic evidence - phonology, pronouns; comparative vocabularies; distribution of languages and bibliography.

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Unrestricted access.

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  • Australian Language
  • English

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991014025999303131

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Revised

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Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Revised, SJB, 22-Nov-2022.
Created, Linda Justo, 9-Sep-2022.

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