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Culture, interaction and person reference in an Australian language : an ethnography of Bininj Gunwok communication / Murray Garde, Australian National University.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garde, Murray.
- Series:
- Culture and language use ; v. 11.
- Culture and language use : studies in anthropological linguistics ; volume 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Australian languages--Grammar.
- Australian languages.
- Australian languages--Discourse analysis.
- Language and culture--Australia.
- Language and culture.
- Sociolinguistics--Australia.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Discourse analysis.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 274 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Bininj Gunwok kinship systems
- Ways of referring to people in Bininj Gunwok
- The Kun-Debi system of triadic kinship reference
- Reference, grammar and indeterminacy in Bininj Gunwok conversation
- Culture, reference and circumspection
- The path of inference: the unravelling of referring expressions
- The trouble with Wamud: a conversational example of unsuccessful reference
- Person reference: culture, cognition and theories of communication
- References.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789027202949
- 902720294X
- OCLC:
- 855582680
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