Aboriginal languages of Australia, but taking a particular interest in Dyirbal. Dixon has written on many areas of linguistic theory and fieldwork, being...

belong to the former group are more numerous than those to the latter. Dyirbal is said to be the only representative of syntactic ergativity, yet it displays...

feminine and neuter genders are recognized). Pama–Nyungan languages including Dyirbal and other Australian languages have gender systems such as: Masculine,...

coordination of sentences, or similar constructions. For example, in Dyirbal the omitted argument in conjoined sentences must be in absolutive case...

undertaking a research project on the Kukatja language in Balgo, the local lingua franca which is fluently spoken "by residents of all ages and across at...

depending on who is listening. For example, in the Australian language Dyirbal, a married man must use a special set of words to refer to everyday items...

3: 590–609. Schmidt, Annette. 1985. "The Fate of Ergativity in Dying Dyirbal". Language Vol. 61, No. 2: 378–396. Ladefoged, Peter (1992). "Another view...

Caucasian, as well as several Australian Aboriginal languages such as Dyirbal, and Kalaw Lagaw Ya. Most Niger–Congo languages also have extensive systems...

Creole. Before colonization in the 1870s–1880s, the language was the major lingua franca of the Torres Strait cultural area of Northern Cape York Australia...

Sign Language Official status Official language in Northern Territory (as lingua franca for Aboriginal people) Language codes ISO 639-3 Variously: dwu – Dhuwal...