E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten
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Singer The Dynamics of Nominal Classification
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-61451-369-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Gender Agreement in Mawng
E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten
Reihe: ISSN
ISBN: 978-1-61451-369-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
Zielgruppe
Linguists; Typologists