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This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typology of the systems according to their main formal and semantic characteristics. It also makes some proposals concerning the historical orig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGregor, William, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002.
Colección:Empirical approaches to language typology ; 25.
Temas:
Australian languages > Verb phrase.
Australian languages > Semantics.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Langues australiennes > Syntagme verbal.
Langues australiennes > Sémantique.
Syntaxe.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammatische Kategorie
Syntax
Morphem
Verb
Konjugation
Wortart
Werkwoorden.
Classificatie.
Australische talen.
Australische Sprachen.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • List of Figures
  • List of Maps
  • List of Tables
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. What is verb classification?
  • 1.2. Towards a typology of classification
  • 1.2.1. Superclassification and subclassification
  • 1.2.2. Classes and categories
  • 1.2.3. Classifiers and classifying constructions
  • 1.2.4. Concluding remarks
  • 1.3. Understanding grammatical superclassification
  • 1.3.1. A conceptual model
  • 1.3.2. Distributional criteria for grammatical superclassification
  • 1.3.3. An example: the Kija noun class system
  • 1.4. Verb superclassification Australian style1.5. Semantic basis of verb superclassification
  • 1.5.1. Fundamental parameters
  • 1.5.2. On class, category, and classification meaning
  • 1.5.3. Prediction and explanation
  • 1.6. Aims and organisation
  • 2. The Gooniyandi verb classifier system
  • 2.1. Structure of the verbal complex
  • 2.2. The X morphemes as category markers
  • 2.3. The semantics of Gooniyandi verb classifiers
  • 2.3.1. Extendible classifiers
  • 2.3.2. Accomplishment classifiers 64 2.3.2.1. Monovalent classifiers
  • 2.3.3. Parallelisms between extendible and accomplishment classifiers?2.3.4. Exceptions
  • 2.3.5. Concluding remarks
  • 2.4. Two special cases
  • 2.4.1. Classification of the most frequent verb roots
  • 2.4.2. Classification of English borrowings
  • 2.5. Remarks on verb classification in Bunuba
  • 3. CVC-based verb category systems
  • 3.1. Formal properties of CVCs
  • 3.2. Nyulnyulanlanguages
  • 3.3. Worrorran (Northern Kimberley) languages
  • 3.4. Jarrakan languages
  • 3.5. Jaminjungan languages
  • 3.6. Wagiman
  • 3.7. Daly River languages
  • 3.8. Maran languages3.9. Mangarrayi
  • 3.10. Pama-Nyungan languages
  • 3.11. Concluding remarks
  • 4. Comparison of verb category systems
  • 4.1. Degrees of grammaticisation
  • 4.2. IVs recurrent in CVC-based category systems
  • 4.2.1. Speech; avalent
  • 4.2.2. Stance; monovalent
  • 4.2.3. Motion; monovalent
  • 4.2.4. Induced motion; bivalent
  • 4.2.5. Acquisition; bivalent
  • 4.2.6. Violence; bivalent
  • 4.2.7. Perception; bivalent
  • 4.2.8. Concluding remarks
  • 4.3. Gooniyandi and Nyulnyul systems in contrast
  • 4.3.1. Formal characteristics
  • 4.3.2. System level comparison4.3.3. Individual categories compared and contrasted
  • 4.3.4. Categorisation of vocalisation/communication events
  • 4.3.5. Categorisation of motion events
  • 4.3.6. Conclusion
  • 5. Verb class systems: conjugations
  • 5.1. Pama-Nyungan conjugation classes
  • 5.2. Non-Pama-Nyungan conjugation classes
  • 5.2.1. Nyulnyulan languages
  • 5.2.2. Worrorran languages
  • 5.2.3. Mindi languages
  • 5.2.4. Wagiman and Wardaman
  • 5.2.5. Gunwinjguan languages
  • 5.2.6. Maran languages
  • 5.2.7. Nunggubuyu
  • 5.2.8. Anindilyakwa

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