Counter-terrorism and human rights / David J. Whittaker

• Record Nr.: UNISA990003378730203316
• Autore: WHITTAKER, David J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow [etc.] : Longoman, 2009
• ISBN: 978-1-4058-9980-2
• Descrizione fisica: 195 p. ; 22 cm
• Disciplina: 363.32516
• Soggetti: Terrorismo -- Prevenzione -- Stati Uniti d'America; Terrorismo -- Prevenzione -- Gran Bretagna
• Collocazione: XXIII.1.M. 499
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

The dynamics of nominal classification : productive and lexicalised uses of gender agreement in Mawng / / Ruth Singer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464450503321
• Autore: Singer Ruth (Linguist)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5015-0120-8; 1-61451-369-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Collana: Pacific Linguistics, , 1448-8310 ; ; Volume 642
• Disciplina: 499/.15
• Soggetti: Maung language - Grammatical categories; Maung language - Gender; Maung language - Nominals; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations and glossing conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical issues -- 3. Grammatical sketch -- 4. Gender -- 5. Restricted argument verbs: verbs with very narrow selectional restrictions -- 6. Lexicalised agreement -- 7. A typological perspective on Mawng verbs with non-canonical agreement -- 8. Conclusions: towards a more dynamic understanding of nominal classification and its lexicalisation -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Pronominal prefixes -- Appendix 2: Wurakak ‘Crow’ text (AD Text 1) -- Appendix 3: Full list of the 28 language sample -- Appendix 4: Email sent to language experts for survey of lexicalised agreement -- Appendix 5: Full list of all non-canonical verbs recorded in Mawng -- Appendix 6: Sources of Mawng material -- Author index -- Subject index -- Language index
• Sommario/riassunto: The use of grammatical gender in the Australian language Mawng calls into question prevailing ideas about the functions of nominal classification systems. Mawng’s gender system has a strong semantic basis and plays an important role in the construction of meaning in discourse. Gender agreement in verbs is frequently lexicalized, creating idioms called lexicalised agreement verbs that are structurally similar to noun-verb idioms. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in nominal classification or cross-linguistic approaches to idioms.