For over 18 years Dr Lysbeth Ford had been documenting endangered languages of the Daly River Region of the Northern Territory, Australia. 'She has a BA in Classics from University College, London, an MA and PhD in Linguistics from the Australian National University, Canberra, and a Grad Dip TESL. ' Ford had worked on songs in eight Daly languages with musicologists Prof Allan Marett and Dr Linda Barwick.
Other Publications:
2006 Ford, L.J. and McCormack, D. The Murrinh-patha Legal Glossary. Batchelor Press (in press).
2006 Ford, L. J. and McCormack, D. “The Murrinh-patha Legal Glossary: translating legal concepts across cultures” English for Special Purposes 2, University of Foggia.
2006 Ford, L.J. “Marri Ngarr lirrga song language: a linguistic analysis”, Musicology Australia 28 2005 (forthcoming in 2006).
2003 Ford L.J. and Klesch, M.“It won’t matter soon: we’ll all be dead”: endangered languages and action research. Wadeye Aboriginal Languages Project." Ngoonjook 23: 27-43.
1997 Ford, L. J. Batjamalh-English dictionary and texts. Panther Press, Canberra.
1997 Pearson, M. & L. J. Ford. Open and Flexible PhD Study and Research, E&IP Monograph, DEETYA, AGPS, Canberra.
