Wind direction words in the Sydney Language: a case study in semantic reconstitution

Nash, David

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Wind direction words in the Sydney Language: a case study in semantic reconstitution

Date

2013

Authors

Nash, David

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

The wind direction terms in the Sydney Language differ in the various sources (from the First Fleeters onwards), and at first sight look confused. After some sifting it emerges that the early sources fall into two sets partly relatable by a quarter-turn i