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Linguistic prehistory of the Australian boab

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dc.contributor.authorMcConvell, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorSaunders, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSpronck, Stef
dc.contributor.editorGawne, L.
dc.contributor.editorVaughan, J.
dc.coverage.spatialMelbourne Australia
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:11:03Z
dc.date.createdOctober 1-4 2013
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2020-12-20T07:47:14Z
dc.description.abstractBoabs, 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.
dc.identifier.isbn9780994150707
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/63655
dc.publisherUniversity of Melbourne
dc.relation.ispartofseries44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013
dc.sourceSelected Papers from the 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, 2013
dc.source.urihttps://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/40958
dc.source.urihttp://bit.ly/ALS2013Proceedings
dc.titleLinguistic prehistory of the Australian boab
dc.typeConference paper
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage310
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage295
local.contributor.affiliationMcConvell, Patrick, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSaunders, Thomas, Independent Researcher
local.contributor.affiliationSpronck, Stef, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidMcConvell, Patrick, u4589750
local.contributor.authoruidSpronck, Stef, u4498313
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor200401 - Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics
local.identifier.absfor200319 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
local.identifier.absseo950202 - Languages and Literacy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB832
local.type.statusPublished Version

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