03448nam 2200649 a 450 991081675880332120241105060051.01-283-28036-1978661328036790-272-8193-9(CKB)2550000000046987(EBL)784229(OCoLC)750183091(SSID)ssj0000555223(PQKBManifestationID)11353182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555223(PQKBWorkID)10520529(PQKB)11320556(MiAaPQ)EBC784229(Au-PeEL)EBL784229(CaPaEBR)ebr10495888(CaONFJC)MIL328036(EXLCZ)99255000000004698719970709h19971997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNominal classification in Aboriginal Australia /editors, Mark Harvey, Nicholas Reid1st ed.Philadelphia :John Benjamins Pub.,1997.©19971 online resource (xi, 292 pages) mapStudies in language companion series (SLCS),0165-7763 ;v. 3790-272-3040-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 MarrithiyelNoun Classes, Nominal Classification and Generics in Murrinhpatha. REFERENCES; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORSThis volume aims to extend both the range of analyses and the database on nominal classification systems. Previous analyses of nominal classification systems have focused on two areas: the semantics of the classification system and the role of the system in discourse. In many nominal classification systems, there appear to be a significant percentage of nominals with an arbitrary classification. There is a considerable body of literature aimed at elucidating the semantic bases of classification in such systems, thereby reducing the degree of apparent arbitrariness. Contributors to this volumeStudies in language companion series ;37.Aboriginal AustraliansLanguagesNounAboriginal AustraliansLanguagesGenderLanguage - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Nouns and ergativesaiatsissAboriginal AustraliansLanguagesNoun.Aboriginal AustraliansLanguagesGender.Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Nouns and ergatives.499/.15Harvey Mark1958-1706022Reid Nicholas1706023MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816758803321Nominal classification in Aboriginal Australia4093171UNINA