The Dynamics of Nominal Classification : : Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Gender Agreement in Mawng / / Ruth Singer.
The use of grammatical gender in the Australian language Mawng calls into question prevailing ideas about the functions of nominal classification systems. Mawng’s gender system has a strong semantic basis and plays an important role in the construction of meaning in discourse. Gender agreement in ve...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pacific Linguistics [PL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations and glossing conventions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical issues -- 3. Grammatical sketch -- 4. Gender -- 5. Restricted argument verbs: verbs with very narrow selectional restrictions -- 6. Lexicalised agreement -- 7. A typological perspective on Mawng verbs with non-canonical agreement -- 8. Conclusions: towards a more dynamic understanding of nominal classification and its lexicalisation -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Pronominal prefixes -- Appendix 2: Wurakak ‘Crow’ text (AD Text 1) -- Appendix 3: Full list of the 28 language sample -- Appendix 4: Email sent to language experts for survey of lexicalised agreement -- Appendix 5: Full list of all non-canonical verbs recorded in Mawng -- Appendix 6: Sources of Mawng material -- Author index -- Subject index -- Language index |
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Summary: | The use of grammatical gender in the Australian language Mawng calls into question prevailing ideas about the functions of nominal classification systems. Mawng’s gender system has a strong semantic basis and plays an important role in the construction of meaning in discourse. Gender agreement in verbs is frequently lexicalized, creating idioms called lexicalised agreement verbs that are structurally similar to noun-verb idioms. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in nominal classification or cross-linguistic approaches to idioms. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781614513698 9783110762501 9783110701005 9783110742978 9783110485103 9783110485257 |
ISSN: | 1448-8310 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781614513698 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ruth Singer. |