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UNINA9910823119003321 |
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Autore |
Garde Murray |
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Titolo |
Culture, interaction and person reference in an Australian language : an ethnography of Bininj Gunwok communication / / Murray Garde, Australian National University |
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Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 pages) : portraits |
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Collana |
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Culture and language use ; ; 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Australian languages - Grammar |
Australian languages - Discourse analysis |
Language and culture - Australia |
Sociolinguistics - Australia |
Language - Linguistics - Discourse analysis |
Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax |
Kunwinjku language N65 |
Bininj Kunwok language N186 |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Bininj Gunwok kinship systems -- Ways of referring to people in Bininj Gunwok - The Kun-Debi system of triadic kinship reference -- Reference, grammar and indeterminacy in Bininj Gunwok conversation -- Culture, reference and circumspection -- The path of inference: the unravelling of referring expressions -- The trouble with Wamud: a conversational example of unsuccessful reference -- Person reference: culture, cognition and theories of communication -- References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The study of person reference stands at the cross-roads of linguistics, anthropology and psychology. As one aspect of an ethnography of communication, this book deals with a single problem - how one knows who is being talked about in conversation - from a rich and varied ethnographic perspective. Through a combination of |
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grammatical agreement and free pronouns, Bininj Gunwok possesses a pronominal system that, according to current theoretical accounts in linguistics, should facilitate clear cut reference. However, the descriptions of Bininj Gunwok conversation in this volume demonstrate that frequently a vast gulf lies between knowing that, say, an object is '3rd singular', and actually knowing who it refers to. Achieving reference to people in Bininj Gunwok can involve a delicate and refined set of calculations which are part of a deliberate and artful way of speaking. Speakers draw on a diverse set of grammatical and lexical devices all underpinned by shared knowledge about a diverse range of social relationships and cultural practices. |
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