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Culture, interaction and person reference in an Australian language : an ethnography of Bininj Gunwok communication /
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. Th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Australian |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Culture and language use ;
v. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 f. |
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| Notas: | Electronic version available. Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (294 pages) : portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027271242 9027271240 |