Culture, interaction and person reference in an Australian language : an ethnography of Bininj Gunwok communication / / Murray Garde, Australian National University

• Autore: Garde Murray
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2013]; ©2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 pages) : portraits
• Disciplina: 499/.15
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Culture, interaction and person reference in an Australian language
• ISBN: 90-272-7124-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823119003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Culture and language use ; ; v. 11.