Discourse and grammar in Australian languages / edited by Ilana Mushin, Brett Baker
- Bib ID:
- 4551774
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, c2008
- x, 239 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9789027205711
- 902720571X
- Series:
- Studies in language companion series ; v. 104.
- Summary:
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"Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages is the first major survey to address the issue of the effects of information packaging on Australian languages, widely known for nonconfigurationality. The papers are based on individual fieldwork and describe a wide range of Australian languages of different types, ranging from the polysynthetic languages of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley to the classical types represented by Walpiri. Topics covered include the pragmatics of information exchange, the interaction of noun class marking with polarity and referentiality, the effects of specificity on argument indexing, the discourse uses of the ergative case, the contribution of pronouns to NP reference, the interaction of tense and aspect clitics with information structure, clause-initial position, and discourse and grammar in Australian languages. The volume will appeal to scholars interested in discourse, typology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Discourse and grammar in Australian languages / Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin
- Clause-initial position in four Australian languages / Jane Simpson and Ilana Mushin
- Bardi arguments: Referentiality, agreement, and omission in Bardi discourse / Claire Bowern
- Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement / Ilana Mushin
- Pragmatically case-marked: Non-syntactic functions of the Kuuk Thaayorre ergative suffix / Alice Gaby
- The interpretation of complex nominal expressions in Southeast Arnhem Land languages / Brett Baker
- "Double reference" in Kala Lagaw Ya narratives / Lesley Stirling
- Person reference, proper names and circumspection in Bininj Kunwok conversation / Murray Garde.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Subject:
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- Australian languages -- Grammar
- Australian languages -- Discourse analysis
- Garrwa / Garrawa / Garawa language (N155) (NT SE53-08)
- Ngalakan language (N77) (NT SE53-02)
- Nunggubuyu language (N128) (NT SD53-11)
- Mara / Marra language (N112) (NT SD53-11)
- Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
- Language - Linguistics - Discourse analysis
- Language - Linguistics - Vocabulary and grammar - Nouns and ergatives
- Kalaw Lagaw Ya / Kala Lagaw Ya language (Y1) (Qld TSI SC54-07)
- Kuuk Thaayorre / Thaayorre language (Y69) (Qld SD54-11)
- Bardi language K15
- Garrwa language N155
- Kuuk Thaayorre language Y69
- Bardi language (K15) (WA SE 51-02)
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