Geocentric directional systems in Australia: a typology

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This paper presents the results of a survey of geocentric directional systems across Australia using published and unpublished material as well as fieldwork data, providing the first systematic overview of such systems in Australia.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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