People, countries, and the rainbow serpent
Subtitle: systems of classification among the Lardil of Mornington Island
By: David McKnight.
Series: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Lardil (Australian people) -- Kinship.; Lardil (Australian people) -- Ethnobiology.; Lardil (Australian people) -- Rites and ceremonies.; Mythology, Lardil.; Cognition and culture -- Australia -- Mornington Island (Qld.); Anthropological linguistics -- Australia -- Mornington Island (Qld.); Lardil language -- Etymology -- Names.; Lardil language -- Grammar -- Terminology.; Mornington Island (Qld.) -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-262) and index.