Worrorra : : a language of the north-west Kimberley coast / / Mark Clendon.
Worrorra is a highly polysynthetic language, characterised by overarching concord and a high degree of morphological fusion. Verbal semantics involve a voicing opposition and an extensive system of evidentiality-marking. Worrorra has elaborate systems of pragmatic reference, a derivational morpholog...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Adelaide : : The University of Adelaide Press,, 2014. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 494 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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| Summary: | Worrorra is a highly polysynthetic language, characterised by overarching concord and a high degree of morphological fusion. Verbal semantics involve a voicing opposition and an extensive system of evidentiality-marking. Worrorra has elaborate systems of pragmatic reference, a derivational morphology that projects agreement-class concord across most lexical categories and complex predicates that incorporate one verb within another. Nouns are distributed among five genders, the intensional properties of which define dynamic oppositions between men and women on the one hand, and earth and sky on the other. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9781922064592 9781922064561 |
| Access: | Onsite online access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Mark Clendon. |