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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817436503321

Autore

Bowern Claire <1977->

Titolo

A grammar of Bardi / / by Claire Louise Bowern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

ISBN

9786613940933

1-283-62848-1

3-11-027818-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (868 p.)

Collana

Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] ; ; 57

Mouton grammar library, , 0933-7636 ; ; 57

Classificazione

EE 1820

Disciplina

499/.15

Soggetti

Bardi language - Grammar

Bardi language - English

Australia, Northern Languages

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Summary Table of Contents -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Bardi Ethnography -- Chapter 3. Phonetics and Phonology -- Chapter 4. Word Classes, Wordhood, and the Lexicon -- Chapter 5. Nouns and Nominal Morphology -- Chapter 6. Adjectives and Other Modifiers -- Chapter 7. Pronouns and Demonstratives -- Chapter 8. Noun Phrases and Their Syntax -- Chapter 9. Verbal Predicate Structure -- Chapter 10. Agreement Morphology -- Chapter 11. Tense, Aspect, and Mood Marking -- Chapter 12. Argumenthood, Valency, and Transitivity -- Chapter 13. Preverbs and Complex Predicates -- Chapter 14. Adverbs and Particles -- Chapter 15. Intra-clausal Syntax -- Chapter 16. Clause Combining -- Appendix A. Basic Vocabulary List -- Appendix B. Prefix Tables -- Appendix C. Light Verbs -- Appendix D. Information on Speakers and Texts -- Appendix E. Texts -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Bardi language is currently spoken by fewer than 10 people. The language is a member of the Nyulnyulan family, a small non-Pama-Nyungan family in northwest Australia. This book is a reference



grammar of the language. The 16 chapters include information on phonetics and phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, and syntax, as well as an ethnographic sketch of traditional life. A selection of texts is also included. It is the first published full study of a Nyulnyulan language.