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Examines results of change of living conditions for women in Katherine; entry into welfare based money economy; exchange of the non-material; values placed on services rendered; contrasts mens and womens construction of values; women as provisioners of dependants; compares town camp dwellers with town dwellers; responses to alcohol consumption.

Mangarayi kin terms are used altercentrically as well as egocentrically, for indirect reference in respect and avoidance contexts.

Dalakan-English; Approx. 1100 entries; including lexical stems and affixes, noun class and case affixes, but not verbal suffixes.

Ngalakan-English; approx. 1100 entries; including lexical stems and affixes, noun class and case affixes, but not verbal suffixes.

Mythology collected in Wadaman language with translation.

Analysis of purposive clauses in Wadaman.

Morphological analysis; vocabulary; See finding aid for full details; see also AIAS tapes; field notes, including texts; phonemes; kinship terms.