Clamor Schürmann's Barngarla grammar: A commentary on the first section of A vocabulary of the Parnkalla language

• Main Author: Clendon, Mark (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Adelaide Press 2015
• Subjects: Historical & comparative linguistics; indigenous languages; a vocabulary of the parnkalla language; parnkalla; clamor schurmann; indigenous culture; aboriginal languages; aboriginal culture; language reclamation; barngarla; Adnyamathanha; Adnyamathanha language; Intransitive verb; Schürmann; Suffix; Thura-Yura languages; Transitive verb; Verb; Wirangu language
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Summary

The work of the German missionaries on South Australian languages in the first half of the nineteenth century has few contemporary parallels for thoroughness and clarity. This commentary on the grammatical introduction to Pastor Clamor Schürmann's Vocabulary of the Parnkalla language of 1844 reconstructs a significant amount of Barngarla morphology, phonology and syntax. It should be seen as one of a number of starting points for language-reclamation endeavours in Barngarla, designed primarily for educators and other people who may wish to re-present its interpretations in ways more accessible to non-linguists, and more suited to pedagogical practice.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (178 p.)

ISBN

barngarla
9781925261110

Access

Open Access