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Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea, including grammar notes, Gouin exercises and translations and Binandele-English and English-Binandele dictionaries.
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Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
Binandele and English
101 leaves. 25.5 x 20 cm. Pagination various; mimeographed; separate title-page to each part.
Dark cloth boards; lettered in gold on upper cover: 'Grammar of the Binandele language'.
Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
A further copy of this grammar can be found in MS 766, Papers of Ernest William Pearson Chinnery (1887-1972) in the National Library of Australia.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea, including grammar notes, Gouin exercises and translations and Binandele-English and English-Binandele dictionaries.
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Appointments are necessary for all visits; please contact the archivist by email to arrange; a fee of £10 is payable by all visitors except Fellows and Members; membership details can be found on the RAI web site; access to material referring to the most recent thirty years is restricted; some material is very fragile and may not be available for view; a few items are of restricted or forbidden access.
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Photocopies and scans for personal research only may be arranged at the discretion of the archivist; charges apply; in all cases forms governing use of copies must be signed; use of digital cameras is not allowed.
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- English
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- Latin
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Binandele and English
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Collection level description available in the Institute's reading room.
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A further copy of this grammar can be found in MS 766, Papers of Ernest William Pearson Chinnery (1887-1972) in the National Library of Australia.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English