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Blake, Barry John was born on September 5, 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of John Douglas and Kathleen Clare (Dolan) Blake.
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This study covers a number of topics that are prominent in the grammars of Australian Aboriginal languages, especially ergativity and manifestations of the hierarchy that runs from the speech-act participants down to inanimates. This hierarchy shows up in case marking, number marking and agreement, advancement and cross-referencing. Chapter 1 provides an overall picture of Australian languages. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 deal with case systems, including voice alternations and other advancements. Chapter 5 deals with the distribution of case marking within the noun phrase. Chapter 6 deals with systems that allow the cross-referencing of bound pronouns. Chapter 7 deals with clauses which appear to have more than one verb. Chapter 8 deals with compound and complex sentences. Chapter 9 deals with word order, and emphasises a theme introduced in Chapter 5, namely the widespread use of discontinuous phrases. Chapter 10 draws together ergativity and various manifestations of the hierarchy, and attempts to interpret their distribution. The final section provides an interesting hypothesis about the evolution of core grammar in Australia.
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The Handbook volumes offer the only detailed and accurate records of many Australian languages that are extinct or on the verge of extinction. This volume provides a new introduction that discusses some of the main characteristics of Australian languages. Each grammatical sketch includes an illustrative text--demonstrating the use of the language--and a basic vocabulary listing. Also, each example is accompanied by a morpheme-by-morpheme glossary, providing a definitive account of the languages of the Aborigines of Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
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Blake, Barry John was born on September 5, 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of John Douglas and Kathleen Clare (Dolan) Blake.
Bachelor with honors, University Melbourne, 1958. Master of Arts, Monash University, Australia, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, Australia, 1975.
Research fellow, Monash U., Australia, 1966-1967; lecturer, U. Sydney, NSW., Australia, 1968-1969; lecturer, Monash U., Clayton, Victoria., Australia, 1970-1972; senior lecturer, Monash U., Clayton, Victoria., Australia, 1973-1981; associate professor, Monash U., Clayton, Victoria., Australia, 1982-1987; professor, La Trobe U., Victoria., Australia, since 1988.
( This study covers a number of topics that are prominent...)
( This study covers a number of topics that are prominent...)
(The Handbook volumes offer the only detailed and accurate...)
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(First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
Fellow Australian Academy of Humanities.
Married Marie Therese Quilty, November 18, 1963. Children: Laurence, Hilary, Alice, Celia.