Dyirbal song poetry : the oral literature of an Australian rainforest people / R.M.W. Dixon.
Dyirbal song poetry : the oral literature of an Australian rainforest people / R.M.W. Dixon.
Dyirbal song poetry : the oral literature of an Australian rainforest people / R.M.W. Dixon.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
Call Numbers
899.15/3
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
- Australian languages
- English
- Girramay
- DYIRBAL / JIRRBAL
- Gulngay
- Djiru
- Mamu
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xxiii, 367 pages, 4 unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps, portraits. ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 1996.
Series
Place of Publication
Queensland
Date Published
1996.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Words with interlinear glosses of 124 songs in Girramay, Jirrbal, Gulngay, Jirru, Mamu, some with musical transcriptions; linguistic and musical analysis of five song styles - Gama and Marrga styles performed at corroborees and lovesong styles Jangala, Burran and Gaynyil; notes on vocabulary, grammar and phonology; brief history of Dyirbal people a...
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Full title
Dyirbal song poetry : the oral literature of an Australian rainforest people / R.M.W. Dixon.
Portion of title
Oral literature of an Australian rainforest people
Notes
General note
UQP paperbacks.
Includes Dyirbal texts with English translations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-51)
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Call Numbers
899.15/3
Record Identifier
74VMxpel4v6y
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ISBN
0702225932 paperback
9780702225932 paperback
DDC
A821.3 899.15
MMS ID
991002598029702626
