A Grammar of (Western) Garrwa / / Ilana Mushin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Mushin, Ilana,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Pacific Linguistics [PL] , 637
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (476 p.) :; One map
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface and acknowledgements --; Contents --; List of glossing conventions --; 1 The Garrwa language and 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 --; Affix index --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781614512417; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636246; 9783110742961; 9783110288995; 9783110288902; 9783110288896
• ISSN: 1448-8310
• DOI: 10.1515/9781614512417
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ilana Mushin.

Mushin 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.