Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- 1 Setting Off
- 2 “Haven't you got a machine?”
- 3 “You never talk it to me!”
- 4 Full of Unforgettable Characters
- 5 “Time to get back to wife”
- 6 “Drink this!”
- 7 “Of course we'll keep in touch”
- 8 “Doing all these Jalnguy”
- 9 Lots of Linguistic Expertise
- 10 “This way be bit more better”
- 11 “Happiness and fun”
- 12 “It's not”
- 13 “Those are good for you”
- 14 Loss
- 15 “I think I like that language best”
- Afterword
- Pronunciation of Aboriginal Words
- Tribal and Language Names
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Map
- 1 Setting Off
- 2 “Haven't you got a machine?”
- 3 “You never talk it to me!”
- 4 Full of Unforgettable Characters
- 5 “Time to get back to wife”
- 6 “Drink this!”
- 7 “Of course we'll keep in touch”
- 8 “Doing all these Jalnguy”
- 9 Lots of Linguistic Expertise
- 10 “This way be bit more better”
- 11 “Happiness and fun”
- 12 “It's not”
- 13 “Those are good for you”
- 14 Loss
- 15 “I think I like that language best”
- Afterword
- Pronunciation of Aboriginal Words
- Tribal and Language Names
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- Searching for Aboriginal LanguagesMemoirs of a Field Worker, pp. i - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1983