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Nominal classification in Aboriginal Australia / / editors, Mark Harvey, Nicholas Reid



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Titolo: Nominal classification in Aboriginal Australia / / editors, Mark Harvey, Nicholas Reid Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 1997
©1997
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : map
Disciplina: 499/.15
Soggetto topico: Aboriginal Australians - Languages - Noun
Aboriginal Australians - Languages - Gender
Altri autori: HarveyMark <1958->  
ReidNicholas  
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Marrithiyel
Noun Classes, Nominal Classification and Generics in Murrinhpatha. REFERENCES; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF SUBJECTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Sommario/riassunto: This 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 volume
Titolo autorizzato: Nominal classification in Aboriginal Australia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-28036-1
9786613280367
90-272-8193-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910816758803321
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Serie: Studies in language companion series ; ; 37.