Language in native title /

Language in native title / edited by John Henderson, David Nash. - 328 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Native title research series . - Native title research series. .

Contributions in a workshop on Linguistic Issues in Native Title Claims, Oct. 2, 1999 at the University of Western Australia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Language and Native Title / Linguistic Evidence and Native Title Cases in Australia / Linguistic Continuity in Colonised Country / Country and the Word: Linguistic Evidence in the Croker Sea Claim / Linguistics and the Yorta Yorta Native Title Claim / The Language of the Peak Hill Aboriginal People: A Linguistic Report in a Native Title Claim / Labels, Language and Native Title Groups: The Miriuwung-Gajerrong Case / Historical Linguistic Geography of South-East Western Australia / Language Ownership: A Key Issue for Native Title / Can Lexicostatistics Contribute an Absolute Time-Scale to Discussions of Continuity of Occupation in Native Title Determinations? / Linguistic Stratigraphy and Native Title: The Case of Ethnonyms / Making Your Skin Fit Properly: Displaced Equivalence in 'Skin' Systems in the Barkly / Linguists and Native Title / John Henderson and David Nash -- John Henderson -- Peter Sutton -- Jeanie Bell -- Nicholas Evans -- Heather Bowe -- Tamsin Donaldson -- Greg McIntyre and Kim Doohan -- David Nash -- Michael Walsh -- Barry Alpher -- Patrick McConvell -- Gavan Breen -- John Henderson.

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Aboriginal Australians--Languages--Congresses
Torres Strait Islanders--Languages--Congresses
Native title (Australia)--Congresses
Aboriginal Australians--Land tenure--Congresses
Torres Strait Islanders--Land tenure--Congresses
Aboriginal Australians--Languages
Torres Strait Islanders--Languages
Native title (Australia)
Aboriginal Australians--Land tenure
Torres Strait Islanders--Land tenure

PL7001 / .L36 2002

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