Robert M. W. Dixon

"R. M.W. Dixon is well known for his grammars of the Australian languages Dyirbal and Yidin, and of the Boumaa variety of Fijian. Here he provides a detailed description and analysis of Jarawara, a dauntingly complex language from Brazil, based on field research over a twelve-year period deep in the Amazonian jungle."--Jacket.

"Provides an exhaustive listing of all recordings of the period ... with full details on singers, accompanists, place and date of recording, titles, issue numbers, and alternate takes. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised, adding about 150 new artists as well as numerous newly discovered recordings of other artists. The book now also includes early cylinder recordings of gospel music from the 1890s"--Publisher's description.

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