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A Grammar of Gaagudju
ISSN, Band 24 1. Aufl.
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209,00 € |
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| Verlag: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | |
| Veröffentl.: | 22.07.2011 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783110871289 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 507 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>Gaagudju is a previously undescribed and now nearly extinct language of northern Australia. This grammar provides an overall description of the language. Australian languages generally show a high degree of structural similarity to one another. Gaagudju conforms to some of the common Australian patterns, yet diverges significantly from others. Thus while it has a standard Australian phonological inventory, its prosodic systems differ from those of most Australian languages, with stressed and unstressed syllables showing marked differences in realisation.</p>
<p>Like many northern languages, it has complex systems of both prefixation and suffixation to nominals and verbs. Prefixation provides information about nominal classification (4 classes), mood, and pronominal cross-reference (Subjects, Objects, and Indirect Objects). Suffixation provides information about case, tense, and aspect. As in many languages, there is a clear distinction between productive and unproductive morphology. Gaagudju differs from most Australian languages in that a considerable amount of its morphology is unproductive, showing complex and irregular allomorphic variation.</p>
<p>Gaagudju is like most Australian languages in that it may be described as a free word order language. However, word order is not totally free and strictly ordered phrasal compounding structures are significant (e.g. in the formation of denominal verbs).</p>
<p>Like many northern languages, it has complex systems of both prefixation and suffixation to nominals and verbs. Prefixation provides information about nominal classification (4 classes), mood, and pronominal cross-reference (Subjects, Objects, and Indirect Objects). Suffixation provides information about case, tense, and aspect. As in many languages, there is a clear distinction between productive and unproductive morphology. Gaagudju differs from most Australian languages in that a considerable amount of its morphology is unproductive, showing complex and irregular allomorphic variation.</p>
<p>Gaagudju is like most Australian languages in that it may be described as a free word order language. However, word order is not totally free and strictly ordered phrasal compounding structures are significant (e.g. in the formation of denominal verbs).</p>
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<p>1 Language owners and speakers</p>
<p>2 Segmental phonology</p>
<p>3 Phonotactics and morphophonology</p>
<p>4 Nominals</p>
<p>5 Verbs</p>
<p>6 Clitics and phrasal compounds</p>
<p>7 Syntax</p>
<p>Appendices</p>
<p>1 Language owners and speakers</p>
<p>2 Segmental phonology</p>
<p>3 Phonotactics and morphophonology</p>
<p>4 Nominals</p>
<p>5 Verbs</p>
<p>6 Clitics and phrasal compounds</p>
<p>7 Syntax</p>
<p>Appendices</p>
<p><i>Mark Harvey</i> is Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. </p>
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