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People, Countries, and the Rainbow Serpent: Systems of Classification among the Lardil of Mornington Island (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)
People Countries and the Rainbow Serpent Systems of Classification among the Lardil of Mornington Island - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Author: David McKnight
The Lardil, an Australian Aboriginal tribe, have a rich and complex cognitive culture and are native speakers of three different languages, each used for different occasions. McKnight examines their systems of classifying the world, and creates the first inventory of the cognitive aspects of the social structures (including kinship, myth, and r...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195096217
ISBN-10: 0195096215
Publication Date: 1/28/1999
Pages: 280
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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