Abstract
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Host publication | Selected Papers from the 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013 |
| Editors | Lauren Gawne, Jill Vaughan |
| Date | 2014 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
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Linguistic prehistory of the Australian boab. / McConvell, Patrick; Saunders, Thomas; Spronck, Marie-Stephan.
Selected Papers from the 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013. ed. / Lauren Gawne; Jill Vaughan. 2014.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Linguistic prehistory of the Australian boab
AU - McConvell, Patrick
AU - Saunders, Thomas
AU - Spronck, Marie-Stephan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Boabs, a close relation of the African baobabs, are found only in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and a region close by in the Northern Territory. Here several of the words for the boab tree and its parts are examined with special emphasis on loanwords which cross language family boundaries going in a west-east direction. It is proposed that this linguistic diffusion may reflect dispersal of the tree into new areas on the east, in relatively recent times. On the other hand another recent diffusion from the west of new salient functions of the boab fruit spread a new term to central Kimberley where boabs are known to have been present and used by humans for many thousands of years.
AB - Boabs, a close relation of the African baobabs, are found only in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and a region close by in the Northern Territory. Here several of the words for the boab tree and its parts are examined with special emphasis on loanwords which cross language family boundaries going in a west-east direction. It is proposed that this linguistic diffusion may reflect dispersal of the tree into new areas on the east, in relatively recent times. On the other hand another recent diffusion from the west of new salient functions of the boab fruit spread a new term to central Kimberley where boabs are known to have been present and used by humans for many thousands of years.
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - Selected Papers from the 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013
A2 - Gawne, Lauren
A2 - Vaughan, Jill
ER -