- Title
- Geocentric directional systems in Australia: a typology
- Creator
- Hoffmann, Dorothea; Palmer, Bill; Gaby, Alice
- Relation
- ARC.DP200101079 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP200101079
- Relation
- Linguistics Vanguard Vol. 8, Issue 1, p. 67-89
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2021-0063
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- This paper presents the results of a survey of geocentric directional systems across Australia using published and unpublished material as well as fieldwork data, providing the first systematic overview of such systems in Australia. The 116 sampled varieties, spoken across diverse landscapes, exhibit variation within and across languages. Many make use of more than one directional system. This paper sets out to create a systematic typological overview of geocentric directionals in Australia taking into account cultural and topographic salience, revisiting existing classifications of directional systems.
- Subject
- Australian languages; frames of reference; landscape; sociotopography; spatial language
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1469494
- Identifier
- uon:48256
- Identifier
- ISSN:2199-174X
- Language
- eng
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