The Dynamics of Nominal Classification

Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Gender Agreement in Mawng

Ruth Singer (Autor)

Media-Kombination

268 Seiten

2016
de Gruyter Mouton
9781614513704 (ISBN)

Infos

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. This book deals with this topic.

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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.

Autor

Ruth Singer, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Pacific Linguistics [PL] ; 642
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 230 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-13: 9781614513704 / 9781614513704
• Zustand: Neuware