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Classificatory Particles in Kilivila.
Common among the world's languages is the phenomenon of classification, a partly or fully grammatical division of the noun lexicon into distinct classes that ultimately derives from the human need to classify and filter data on various levels while communicating. In this book, Senft describesan...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
1996.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 What Are Classifier Languages?; 1.2 What Are Classifiers?; 1.3 Structure and Function of Classifier Systems; 1.4 Methods and Aims of Traditional Classifier Studies-A Brief Survey; 1.4.1 Studies on Classifier Languages; 1.4.2 Studies on Kilivila; Chapter 2 Classificatory Particles in Kilivila: Grammatical and Discourse Functions; 2.1 Morphological Relevance; 2.2 Functions of CPs in Kilivila; 2.2.1 Referential Function-Concord; 2.2.2 Nominalization, Plural Marking, Numeralization, and Verblike Expressive Functions.
- 2.2.3 Redundancy, Ellipsis, and Discourse Coherence2.3 Summary; Chapter 3 The System of Classificatory Particles in Kilivila; 3.1 Aims and Methods; 3.2 The Data; 3.2.1 Interpretation of the Data by Age Group; 3.2.2 Complete Lists of Data Used in the Analyses; 3.3 Results; 3.3.1 Which Formatives Constitute the Kilivila CP System and What Is the Actual Occurrence of CPs in Recorded Tests?; 3.3.2 How Is the CP System Acquired by Trobriand Children?; 3.3.3 What Is the Realization of the Individual CP Types in Actual Speech?; 3.3.4 What Semantic Domains Are Constituted by the Kilivila CP System?
- Chapter 4 On the Validity of Some of the Presented Results: Six Years Later-A RestudyChapter 5 Excursus: Language, Culture, and Cognition?; Chapter 6 Closing Remarks: Using Network Models to Describe Classifier Systems; Appendix A: Consultants: 1982/1983 Study; Appendix B: Number of CP Tokens Produced for Each CP Type by Text and Word Class for Consultants in Corpus of Kilivila Speech Data; Appendix C: Consultants: 1989 Restudy; Appendix D: Some Speculations on the Origin of Classifiers; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.