A grammar of (Western) Garrwa / Ilana Mushin
- Bib ID:
- 6250330
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mushin, Ilana, author
- Description:
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- Boston/Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2012]
- ©2012
- xviii, 476 pages : map ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781614513063
- 1614513066
- Series:
- Pacific linguistics ; v. 637. 1448-8310
- Summary:
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This book provides the first full grammatical description of Garrwa, a critically endangered language of the Southwest Gulf of Carpentaria region in Northern Australia. Garrwa is typologically interesting because of its uncertain status in the Australian language family, its pronouns and its word order syntax. This book covers Garrwa phonology, morphology and syntax, with a particular focus on the use of grammar in discourse. The grammatical description is supplemented with a word list and text collection, including transcriptions of ordinary conversation.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The Garrwa language asnd its speakers
- 2. Phonology
- 3. Grammatical overview
- 4. Nouns
- 5. Pronouns
- 6. Demonstratives, directionals, and interrogatives
- 7. Verbs
- 8. Clitics and particles
- 9. Syntax
- 10. Discourse phenomena
- 11. References
- 12. Garrwa texts
- 13. Word list.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-327) and index.
- Subject:
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- Garawa language -- Grammar
- Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory -- Languages
- Garawa language
- Australian languages -- Grammar
- Australian languages -- Northern Territory
- Aboriginal Australians -- Languages -- Grammar
- Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
- Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
- Garrwa / Garrawa / Garawa people (N155) (NT SE53-08)
- Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
- Language - Linguistics - Phonology and phonetics
- Garrwa / Garrawa / Garawa language (N155) (NT SE53-08)
- Garrwa language N155
- Australian
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2012
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