Australian languages : their nature and development / / R.M.W. Dixon [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xlii, 734 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 499/.15 |
Collana | Cambridge language surveys |
Soggetto topico |
Australian languages
Australian languages - Grammar |
ISBN |
1-316-08475-2
1-280-41689-0 0-511-17777-1 0-511-03957-3 0-511-14818-6 0-511-33022-7 0-511-48686-3 0-511-05307-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED; LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; 1 The language situation in Australia; 2 Modelling the language situation; 3 Overview; 4 Vocabulary; 5 Case and other nominal suffixes; 6 Verbs; 7 Pronouns; 8 Bound pronouns; 9 Prefixing and fusion; 10 Generic nouns, classifiers, genders and noun classes; 11 Ergative/accusative morphological and syntactic profiles; 12 Phonology; 13 Genetic subgroups and small linguistic areas; 14 Summary and conclusion; References
INDEX OF LANGUAGES, DIALECTS AND LANGUAGE GROUPSSUBJECT INDEX |
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Australian languages : their nature and development / / R.M.W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W. <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xlii, 734 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 499/.15 |
Collana | Cambridge language surveys |
Soggetto topico |
Australian languages
Australian languages - Grammar |
ISBN |
1-316-08475-2
1-280-41689-0 0-511-17777-1 0-511-03957-3 0-511-14818-6 0-511-33022-7 0-511-48686-3 0-511-05307-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED; LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; 1 The language situation in Australia; 2 Modelling the language situation; 3 Overview; 4 Vocabulary; 5 Case and other nominal suffixes; 6 Verbs; 7 Pronouns; 8 Bound pronouns; 9 Prefixing and fusion; 10 Generic nouns, classifiers, genders and noun classes; 11 Ergative/accusative morphological and syntactic profiles; 12 Phonology; 13 Genetic subgroups and small linguistic areas; 14 Summary and conclusion; References; INDEX OF LANGUAGES, DIALECTS AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; SUBJECT INDEX |
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Australian languages : their nature and development / R. M. W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward <1939- > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, : Cambridge University press, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | XLII, 734 p. ; 24 cm |
Disciplina | 499.15 |
Collana | Cambridge language surveys |
Soggetto non controllato | Lingue australiane |
ISBN | 0-521-47378-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-990004381110403321 |
Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward <1939- >
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Cambridge, : Cambridge University press, 2002 | ||
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Australian languages : their nature and development / / R.M.W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W. <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xlii, 734 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 499/.15 |
Collana | Cambridge language surveys |
Soggetto topico |
Australian languages
Australian languages - Grammar |
ISBN |
1-316-08475-2
1-280-41689-0 0-511-17777-1 0-511-03957-3 0-511-14818-6 0-511-33022-7 0-511-48686-3 0-511-05307-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED; LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; 1 The language situation in Australia; 2 Modelling the language situation; 3 Overview; 4 Vocabulary; 5 Case and other nominal suffixes; 6 Verbs; 7 Pronouns; 8 Bound pronouns; 9 Prefixing and fusion; 10 Generic nouns, classifiers, genders and noun classes; 11 Ergative/accusative morphological and syntactic profiles; 12 Phonology; 13 Genetic subgroups and small linguistic areas; 14 Summary and conclusion; References; INDEX OF LANGUAGES, DIALECTS AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; SUBJECT INDEX |
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Authority and Influence : Australian literary criticism 1950-2000 / Delys Bird, Robert Dixon, Christopher Lee |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 401 p. ; 23 cm |
Altri autori (Persone) |
Bird, Delysauthor
Lee, Christopherauthor Dixon, Robertauthor |
ISBN | 0702232033 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003897909707536 |
St. Lucia : University of Queensland Press, 2001 | ||
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Basic linguistic theory / R. M. W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward <1939- > |
Edizione | [Repr. 2013] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 3 v. ; 25 cm |
Disciplina | 415 |
Soggetto non controllato | Grammatica |
ISBN |
978-0-19-957106-2
978-0-19-957108-6 978-0-19-957110-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1.: Methodology 2.: Grammatical topics 3.: Further grammatical topics |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910364360103321 |
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Basic linguistic theory [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2 Grammatical topics / / R.M.W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
Disciplina | 410 |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistics - Research - Methodology Linguistics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-31352-3
0-19-157145-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of tables and figures; How to read this book; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 10. Grammatical Word and Phonological Word; 10.1. Types of word; 10.2. What is a word?; 10.3. Phonological word; 10.4. Grammatical word; 10.5. Clitics; 10.6. Relationship between grammatical and phonological words; 10.7. Interjections; 10.8. The social and mental status of words; 10.9. Summary; 10.10. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 11. Distinguishing Noun and Verb; 11.1. Preliminaries; 11.2. Major functions; 11.3. Multiple functions or zero derivation?
11.4. Structures of noun phrases with difierent heads11.5. Properties of predicates with difierent heads; 11.6. Grammatical categories associated with verbs; 11.7. Grammatical categories associated with nouns; 11.8. Further criteria; 11.9. Summary; 11.10. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 12. The Adjective Class; 12.1. Parameters of variation; 12.2. Why recognize an adjective class?; 12.3. Criteria for recognition; 12.4. The semantic content of adjective classes; 12.5. Distinguishing types of adjective class; 12.5.1. Distinguishing between adjective and verb classes 12.5.2. Distinguishing between adjective and noun classes12.5.3. Adjectives grammatically similar to both verbs and nouns; 12.5.4. Adjectives grammatically difierent from both verbs and nouns; 12.6. Languages with restricted functional possibilities for adjectives; 12.7. Languages with two adjective classes; 12.8. Correlations with other grammatical parameters; 12.9. Semantic overlapping between word classes; 12.10. Summary; 12.11. What to investigate; Appendix Distinguishing Noun, Verb, and Adjective in Fijian; Sources and notes; 13. Transitivity; 13.1. Clausal transitivity 13.2. Marking of core arguments13.2.1. Recognizing cases; 13.3. Transitivity classes of verbs; 13.4. More complex types; 13.5. The semantic bases; 13.5.1. Identifying A; 13.5.2. Identifying O; 13.5.3. Ways of expressing 'giving'; 13.5.4. Split systems of marking; 13.5.5. Transitivity classes; 13.6. Non-canonical marking of core arguments; 13.6.1. ATTENTION and LIKING verbs; 13.7. Summary; 13.8. What to investigate; Appendix 1. Beyond 'accusative' and 'ergative'; Appendix 2. Confusing uses of terms 'unaccusative' and 'unergative'; Sources and notes; 14. Copula Clauses and Verbless Clauses 14.1. Introduction14.2. Contrasting functions of adjectives and nouns; 14.3. Syntax; 14.4. Relational meanings; 14.4.1. Multiple copulas; 14.5. Forms; 14.5.1. Negative copulas; 14.6. Occurrence and omission; 14.7. Historical development; 14.8. Summary; 14.9. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 15. Pronouns and Demonstratives; 15.1. The category of pronoun; 15.1.1. Person and number; 15.1.2. 'Me and you'; 15.1.3. Neutralization; 15.1.4. Gender; 15.1.5. Social niceties; 15.1.6. A further 'person', and impersonal/indefinite; 15.1.7. Grammatical properties; 15.1.8. Pronoun elaboration 15.1.9. Bound pronouns |
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Basic linguistic theory [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 1 Methodology / / R.M.W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (398 p.) |
Disciplina | 410 |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistics - Research - Methodology Linguistics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-31351-5
0-19-157144-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of tables and figures; How to read this book; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 1. Basics; 1.1. What this book is about; 1.2. Linguistics as a branch of natural science; 1.3. Prototypical patterns and variations on them; 1.4. Grammatical labels; 1.5. Limitations of a language; 1.6. Why is each language the way it is?; 1.7. Meaning and its organization in a language; 1.8. A grammar as an integrated system; 1.9. Grammar and meaning; 1.10. The basics of grammar; 1.11. Grammar and lexicon; Sources and notes; 2. Principles to Follow; 2.1. Writing a grammar
2.2. Always go back to the primary sources 2.3. Unfashionable issues; 2.4. Avoid the fashion fads; 2.5. Avoid sloppy terminology; 2.6. How to learn linguistics; Sources and notes; 3. Grammar Overview; 3.1. Basic units: word and clause; 3.2. The clause; 3.3. The two major word classes, Noun and Verb; 3.4. Phrases; 3.5. Clause structure and word classes; 3.6. Adjectives; 3.7. Pronouns, demonstratives, and interrogatives; 3.8. Syntactic specification of space and time; 3.9. Marking of core and peripheral arguments; 3.10. Complement clauses; 3.11. The sentence; 3.12. Negation; 3.13. Morphology 3.14. Derivations 3.15. Non-spatial setting; 3.16. Noun classes and genders, and classifiers; 3.17. Number systems; 3.18. Definiteness; 3.19. Dependencies between grammatical systems; 3.20. Changing valency; 3.21. Topic and pivot; 3.22. Argument identity: reflexives and reciprocals; 3.23. Comparative constructions; Sources and notes; 4. Analysis, Argumentation, and Explanation; 4.1. What is linguistic analysis?; 4.2. Analyses should be clear and plausible; 4.3. Argumentation needed to justify an analysis; 4.4. Choosing between alternative analyses; 4.5. Different analyses for varying purposes 4.6. Different analyses of similar data 4.7. Intertwining of levels; 4.8. Encountering the unexpected; 4.9. Explanation; Sources and notes; 5. Terminology; 5.1. Grammar and lexicon; 5.2. Morphology; 5.3. Inflection and derivation; 5.4. Clitic, affix, and ad position; 5.5. Morphological types; 5.6. Syntax; 5.7. Markedness; Sources and notes; 6. Doing Typology; 6.1. Requirement for consistent analysis; 6.2. What should be compared; 6.3. Phonological typology; 6.4. Grammatical typology; 6.5. Lexical typology; 6.6. The question of sampling; Sources and notes; 7. Phonology; 7.1. Phonemes 7.2. Consonants 7.3. Vowels; 7.4. Phonotactics and syllables; 7.5. Prosodies; 7.6. Stress; 7.7. Balancing parsimony and clarity; 7.8. Orthography; Sources and notes; 8. Lexicon; 8.1. Organizing the lexicon; 8.2. Constructing a lexicon; 8.3. Structure of the lexicon; 8.3.1. Nouns; 8.3.2. Adjectives; 8.3.3. Verbs; Sources and notes; 9. Field Linguistics; 9.1. The fundamentals; 9.1.1. What is linguistic fieldwork?; 9.1.2. Why do it?; 9.1.3. Poor reasons for doing fieldwork; 9.2. Getting started; 9.2.1. The ethics of fieldwork; 9.2.2. How to choose a language; 9.2.3. Fieldwork locations 9.3. Working in the field |
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Basic linguistic theory [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 2 Grammatical topics / / R.M.W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W. <1939-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (508 p.) |
Disciplina | 410 |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistics - Research - Methodology Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-383-04656-5
1-299-31352-3 0-19-157145-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of tables and figures; How to read this book; Preface; Abbreviations and conventions; 10. Grammatical Word and Phonological Word; 10.1. Types of word; 10.2. What is a word?; 10.3. Phonological word; 10.4. Grammatical word; 10.5. Clitics; 10.6. Relationship between grammatical and phonological words; 10.7. Interjections; 10.8. The social and mental status of words; 10.9. Summary; 10.10. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 11. Distinguishing Noun and Verb; 11.1. Preliminaries; 11.2. Major functions; 11.3. Multiple functions or zero derivation?
11.4. Structures of noun phrases with difierent heads11.5. Properties of predicates with difierent heads; 11.6. Grammatical categories associated with verbs; 11.7. Grammatical categories associated with nouns; 11.8. Further criteria; 11.9. Summary; 11.10. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 12. The Adjective Class; 12.1. Parameters of variation; 12.2. Why recognize an adjective class?; 12.3. Criteria for recognition; 12.4. The semantic content of adjective classes; 12.5. Distinguishing types of adjective class; 12.5.1. Distinguishing between adjective and verb classes 12.5.2. Distinguishing between adjective and noun classes12.5.3. Adjectives grammatically similar to both verbs and nouns; 12.5.4. Adjectives grammatically difierent from both verbs and nouns; 12.6. Languages with restricted functional possibilities for adjectives; 12.7. Languages with two adjective classes; 12.8. Correlations with other grammatical parameters; 12.9. Semantic overlapping between word classes; 12.10. Summary; 12.11. What to investigate; Appendix Distinguishing Noun, Verb, and Adjective in Fijian; Sources and notes; 13. Transitivity; 13.1. Clausal transitivity 13.2. Marking of core arguments13.2.1. Recognizing cases; 13.3. Transitivity classes of verbs; 13.4. More complex types; 13.5. The semantic bases; 13.5.1. Identifying A; 13.5.2. Identifying O; 13.5.3. Ways of expressing 'giving'; 13.5.4. Split systems of marking; 13.5.5. Transitivity classes; 13.6. Non-canonical marking of core arguments; 13.6.1. ATTENTION and LIKING verbs; 13.7. Summary; 13.8. What to investigate; Appendix 1. Beyond 'accusative' and 'ergative'; Appendix 2. Confusing uses of terms 'unaccusative' and 'unergative'; Sources and notes; 14. Copula Clauses and Verbless Clauses 14.1. Introduction14.2. Contrasting functions of adjectives and nouns; 14.3. Syntax; 14.4. Relational meanings; 14.4.1. Multiple copulas; 14.5. Forms; 14.5.1. Negative copulas; 14.6. Occurrence and omission; 14.7. Historical development; 14.8. Summary; 14.9. What to investigate; Sources and notes; 15. Pronouns and Demonstratives; 15.1. The category of pronoun; 15.1.1. Person and number; 15.1.2. 'Me and you'; 15.1.3. Neutralization; 15.1.4. Gender; 15.1.5. Social niceties; 15.1.6. A further 'person', and impersonal/indefinite; 15.1.7. Grammatical properties; 15.1.8. Pronoun elaboration 15.1.9. Bound pronouns |
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Basic linguistic theory [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 1 Methodology / / R.M.W. Dixon |
Autore | Dixon Robert M. W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xvi, 381 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 410 |
Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistics - Research - Methodology Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-383-04655-7
1-299-31351-5 0-19-157144-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795704303321 |
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