Nominal classification in aboriginal Australia /
This volume aims to extend both the range of analyses and the database on nominal classification systems. Previous analyses of nominal classification systems have focussed on two areas: the semantics of the classification system and the role of the system in discourse. In many nominal classification...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©1997.
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 37. |
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Table of Contents:
- NOMINAL CLASSIFICATIONS IN ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIA; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; Map 1: Principal Languages; Map 2: Other Australian Languages; Map 3: Mayali and Its Dialects; Introduction; Nominal Classification and Gender in Aboriginal Australia; New Guinea 'Classificatory Verbs' and Australian Noun Classification: A Typological Comparison; Head Classes and Agreement Classes in the Mayali Dialect Chain; Head and Agreement Classes: An Areal Perspective; Class and Classifier in Ngan'gityemerri; Nominal Classification in Marrithiyel
- Noun Classes, Nominal Classification and Generics in Murrinhpatha. REFERENCES; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS