workbook 95 teaching unit called descripptive linguistics morphology syntax one 2nd 3rd yr level units covers classic structuralist techniques analysing describing languages introduces students theoretical conceptual problems arise language description exposes students main types morphological syntactic phenomena languages world thus mainly descriptive secondary typological bent sure respect similar linguistics units offer many universities text using bits new crowley lynch siegel piau book design language published longman jan 95 support material unit putting together collection language data problems workbook past either concocted plundered usual sources langacker stockwell demers farmer etc etc bit tired lookout fresh material many involved teaching language description probably like developed language data problems use assignments tutorials etc 20 writing seek contributions anyone like pool data happily accept problems phonology particularly interested morphology morphosyntax syntax like workbook australian asian pacific regional bias strong stifle typological diversity welcome useful material language anywhere contributors acknowledged text sample receive free electronic copy completed workbook like contributions mid jan completed workbook posted end feb immediate intention create student resource manuscript 95 subsequent publication seems desirable recontact contributors seek permission interested list topics prompt guidelines 20 80 grammatical categories noun class gender tam distinctions polarity transitivity causatives voice pre suf simul suprafixes replacive zero subtractive morphs compounding redup morphotactics inflection derivation conditioned allomorphy abstractness morphophonemics clitics case distinctions concord word order adpositions verb serialisation coordination subordination complements relativisation problems highlight adequacy inadequacy insertion movement rules etc etc 80 provide language name short language description sample 80 data emaile nreid metz une udu au attached document keyed times 12 iparoman 12 fonts simplify job good data scrawled blood paperbark legible 80 use established orthography instead ipa provide key orthography sample sample format dangerous exercise within eudora please allow limitations problem 1 ngan giwumirri contributed nicholas reid description 20 ngan giwumirri spoken 20 people daly river region 300 kms southwest darwin northern territory australia non pamanyungan language elaborate noun class system complex polysynthetic verbal morphology 20 question 20 ngan giwumirri data illustrates morphological marking membership two noun classes describe semantics two noun classes morphology noting allomorphy find argue convincingly underlying form either class marker useful info ngan giwumirri four vowel inventory high front e low front low back u high back orthographic ty ny represent palatal stop fricative nasal respectively rr r represent trill continuant 20 1 daba arm 16 damadi chest 2 adany shark 17 depi head 3 afiti insect 18 deme hand 4 eferri bluetongue 19 dapurr bum 5 detyirri navel 20 afu 20 whip snake 6 engete kingfisher 21 afunyi mosquito 7 detyerri ear 22 defirr foot 8 awiny bream 23 dagarri leg 9 afilpurr carpet snake 24 epelen rifle fish 10 denintyi knee 25 desyi nose 11 dederri back 26 aminyirr peewee 12 awuntyerr finch 27 amu fly 13 emengginy goanna 28 datyamu cheek 14 data shoulder 29 detyeny tongue 15 akaka nightjar owl 30 elele curlew end sample format many thanks nick reid note direct address nreid metz une edu au