Verb Classification in Australian Languages / / William B. McGregor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: McGregor, William B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] , 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (531 p.) :; 6 Ktn.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; List of Figures --; List of maps --; List of Tables --; Abbreviations and Conventions --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. The Gooniyandi verb classifier system --; Chapter 3. CVC-based verb category systems --; Chapter 4. Comparison of verb category systems --; Chapter 5. Verb class systems: conjugations --; Chapter 6. The grammar of verb superclassifying constructions --; Chapter 7. Related grammatical phenomena --; Chapter 8. Evolution of verb classification in Australia --; Chapter 9. Verb classification in discourse: a preliminary investigation --; Chapter 10. Conclusions --; Appendix 1. Basic information on Australian languages mentioned in this book --; Appendix 2 Australian phonologies and orthographies --; Notes --; References --; Author index --; Language index --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110870879; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961
• ISSN: 0933-761X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110870879
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: William B. McGregor.

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 origins and grammaticisation of these systems, and suggestions regarding the grammatical relations involved. In addition, an attempt is made to situate the phenomenon of verb classification within the context of related verbal phenomena such as serial verb constructions, nominal incorporation, and complex predicates.