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UNINA9910464450503321 |
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Singer Ruth (Linguist) |
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Titolo |
The dynamics of nominal classification : productive and lexicalised uses of gender agreement in Mawng / / Ruth Singer |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-5015-0120-8 |
1-61451-369-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pacific Linguistics, , 1448-8310 ; ; Volume 642 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Maung language - Grammatical categories |
Maung language - Gender |
Maung language - Nominals |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The use of grammatical gender in the Australian language Mawng calls into question prevailing ideas about the functions of nominal |
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