The dynamics of nominal classification : productive and lexicalised uses of gender agreement in Mawng /
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter Mouton,
2016
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| Series: | Pacific Linguistics PL.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781614513698 1614513694 9781501501203 1501501208 1614514240 9781614514244 |
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