A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes

A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes
Title A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits, with Vocabularies and Grammatical Notes PDF eBook
Author Sidney Herbert Ray
Publisher
Pages 166
Release 1893
Genre Papuan languages
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Comparison to show relations between Papuans and Australians; Miriam, Saibai, Daudai; divisions of Saibai = Kauralaig (Prince of Wales and Moa), Gumulaig (Badu and Mabuiag), Sabailaig (Saibai, Dauan and Boigu) and Kulkalaig (Nagir, Tud, Masig); Mirriam = Murray Island (Mer, Waier and Dauan), Erub and Ugar; comparative vocabulary of English, Miriam and Daudai; sketch of Miriam grammar, lengthy vocabulary, texts with translations.

A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits

A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits
Title A Study of the Languages of Torres Straits PDF eBook
Author Sidney Herbert Ray
Publisher
Pages
Release 1893
Genre Kala Lagaw Ya language
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Cambridge and the Torres Strait

Cambridge and the Torres Strait
Title Cambridge and the Torres Strait PDF eBook
Author Anita Herle
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 278
Release 1998-09-24
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780521584616

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Centenary volume of the Torres Strait Expedition suggesting new ways of looking at its work.

The Ethnography of the Western Tribe of Torres Straits

The Ethnography of the Western Tribe of Torres Straits
Title The Ethnography of the Western Tribe of Torres Straits PDF eBook
Author Alfred Cort Haddon
Publisher
Pages 320
Release 1890
Genre Ethnology
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Part I, p.297-387; Location of Kowraregas, Muralegas, Italegas, Badulegas, Gumulegas, Kulkalegas, Massilegas; arithmetic, counting; diseases and native remedies; plant foods, cooking; cannibalism; narcotics; crime and punishment; trade in canoes; sexual relations; religious beliefs, soul, future life, spirits, ancestral cults, fetishism, superstitions, magic and divination; government, leaders; weapons, bows and arrows, javelin and throwing stick, stone and wooden clubs; laws of real property, inheritance; punishments; etiquette for meeting, hospitality; totemic food taboos, speech restrictions; Trade 1) intra - insular, 2) with Daudai, 3) with Cape York; exchange values; war and fighting (brief versions of myths given); hunting and fishing; agriculture; social relationships, marriage, widows, abortion and infanticide; education, games and amusements, dancing (masks, body decorations); body painting and scarification, hair dressing, ornaments; cranial deformation; painting (pigments, brushes); music and musical instruments, gives 4 line song set to music with separate free translation (Thursday Island), words of 4 songs (two from Mabuiag with free translation, two from Muralug in English only); navigation, canoes; fire, string making; p.388-437; Part II, deals with each island separately - Saibai, Dauan, Boigu, Mabuiag, Badu, Tud, Yam, Nagir, Waraber, Masig, Damut, Moa, Muralug; plates show cicatrice patterns, headdress, bow and arrows; map shows native names, English names given in separate list.

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy

Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy
Title Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy PDF eBook
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Pages 1002
Release 1893
Genre Astronomy
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Includes also Minutes of [the] Proceedings, and Report of [the] President and Council for the year, separately published 1965/66- as its Annual report.

Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society

Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society
Title Transactions of the Essex Archaeological Society PDF eBook
Author Essex Archaeological Society
Publisher
Pages 508
Release 1895
Genre Essex (England)
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Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club

Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club
Title Transactions of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club PDF eBook
Author Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club
Publisher
Pages 548
Release 1896
Genre Herefordshire (England)
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