Initial *w in Pama-Nyungan

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Shuzhenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T17:47:06Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T17:47:06Z
dc.date.copyright1992en_US
dc.date.issued1992
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Linguistics
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThe main purpose of this work is to provide lexical reconstructions of words with initial w in twenty geographically separate Australian languages. It is part of a larger project by G. N. O'Grady to reconstruct as much as possible of the lexicon of proto-Pama-Nyungan covering all possible initial consonants. My reconstructions serve as evidence for relatedness among the twenty witness languages. If cognates are eventually found in non-Pama-Nyungan languages, subsequent reconstructions will contribute to a proto-Australian lexicon. The more limited goal of this research is to provide further corroboration of Hale's hypothesis that Pama-Nyungan is the largest coherent genetic linguistic con­struct on the Australian continent. It seems that there is ample evidence to support this proposal. Theoretical considerations and the socio-historical situa­tion are also considered. These suggest the need for modifications to the general comparative method and the need to view reconstruction of lexical items within a larger framework, the reconstruction of Australian Aboriginal cultural history.en
dc.format.extent125 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/17441
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectUN SDG 4: Quality Educationen
dc.titleInitial *w in Pama-Nyunganen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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