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Verb Classification in Australian Languages

By William McGregor

Book information

Publisher
Mouton de Gruyter
Year
2002
ISBN
3110171414, 9783110171419
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11328076 bytes)
Series
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 25
Pages
495\558
Time added
2016-04-01 17:01:31
Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses;ForeigLanguage & Grammar;Reference

Description

This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typology of the systems according to their main formal and semantic characteristics. It also makes some proposals concerning the historical origins and grammaticisation of these systems, and suggestions regarding the grammatical relations involved. In addition, an attempt is made to situate the phenomenon of verb classification within the context of related verbal phenomena such as serial verb constructions, nominal incorporation, and complex predicates.

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