Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 576 g
Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay
Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 576 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-886420-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
background, Part I provides a thorough examination of, and comparison between, the gender system in Dyirbal (one of whose members refers to 'edible vegetables') and the set of nominal classifiers in Yidiñ. The chapters in Part II describe Dyirbal's unusual kinship system and the 'mother-in-law' language style, and
examines the origins of 'mother-in-law' vocabulary in Dyirbal and in Yidiñ. There are four grammatical studies in Part III, dealing with syntactic orientation, serial verb constructions, complementation strategies, and grammatical reanalysis. Part IV covers grammatical and lexical variation across the dialects of Dyirbal, compensatory phonological changes, and a study of language contact across the Cairns rainforest region. The two final chapters, in Part V, recount the sad stories of how
the Yidiñ and Dyirbal languages slowly slipped into oblivion.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Phonetik, Phonologie, Prosodie
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik