Arthur Capell papers, 1890-1989 [manuscript]. 1890-1989.

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Arthur Capell papers, 1890-1989 [manuscript]. 1890-1989.

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Papers of Arthur Capell, academic, linguist and anthropologist, relating to Australian Indigenous languages. Includes vocabularies, word lists, phrase lists, paradigms, language slips, texts, notes on grammar, drafts of articles etc. by Capell, correspondence and other papers relating to a wide range Australian Indigenous languages. Series 3, Central Australia, north and south deserts; Series 4, Northern Territory - Arnhem Land, Barkly Tableland and Daly River; Series 5, Northern Territory - Arnhem Land languages; Series 6, Queensland; Series 7, South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania; Series 8, Western Australia, excluding the Kimberley; Series 9, Western Australia - The Kimberley; Series 11, Indigenous languages studies in Australia; Series 12, Museums, Policy and other papers; Series 13, Proto-Australian language studies, and Series 14, Miscellaneous papers, annotated separately.

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Capell, Arthur

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Linguist and anthropologist. Capell was ordained an Anglican minister in 1926, and shortly after became a Reader in Oceanic languages at Sydney University. His early and significant linguistic work was in New Guinea. Capell published a large number of works on language. His works include 'Handbook of Australian languages', 'A new approach to Australian linguistics,' and linguistic surveys of Australia, the South-Western Pacific and New Guinea. From the description of Papers of Arthur...