Screen LibraryVerb classification in Australian languages /
This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typology of the systems according to their main formal and semantic characteristics. It also makes some proposals concerning the historical orig...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2013. ©2002 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Empirical approaches to language typology [ealt] ;
volume 25 |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typology of the systems according to their main formal and semantic characteristics. It also makes some proposals concerning the historical origins and grammaticisation of these systems, and suggestions regarding the grammatical relations involved. In addition, an attempt is made to situate the phenomenon of verb classification within the context of related verbal phenomena such as serial verb constructions, nominal incorporation, and complex predicates. |
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1 online resource (xxv, 531 pages) : illustrations, maps. Also available in print edition. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110870879 |
| Index Number: | PL7003 |
| CLC: | H84 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Gooniyandi verb classifier system -- Chapter 3. CVC-based verb category systems -- Chapter 4. Comparison of verb category systems -- Chapter 5. Verb class systems: conjugations -- Chapter 6. The grammar of verb superclassifying constructions -- Chapter 7. Related grammatical phenomena -- Chapter 8. Evolution of verb classification in Australia -- Chapter 9. Verb classification in discourse: a preliminary investigation -- Chapter 10. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Basic information on Australian languages mentioned in this book -- Appendix 2 Australian phonologies and orthographies -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index. |