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A grammar of Bardi / by Claire Louise Bowern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bowern, Claire, 1977-
- Series:
- Mouton grammar library ; 57.
- Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 57
- Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] ; 57
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bardi language--Grammar.
- Bardi language.
- Bardi language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.
- Australia, Northern--Languages.
- Australia, Northern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (868 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Bardi language is currently spoken by fewer than 10 people. The language is a member of the Nyulnyulan family, a small non-Pama-Nyungan family in northwest Australia. This book is a reference grammar of the language. The 16 chapters include information on phonetics and phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, and syntax, as well as an ethnographic sketch of traditional life. A selection of texts is also included. It is the first published full study of a Nyulnyulan language.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Summary Table of Contents
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Abbreviations and Conventions
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Bardi Ethnography
- Chapter 3. Phonetics and Phonology
- Chapter 4. Word Classes, Wordhood, and the Lexicon
- Chapter 5. Nouns and Nominal Morphology
- Chapter 6. Adjectives and Other Modifiers
- Chapter 7. Pronouns and Demonstratives
- Chapter 8. Noun Phrases and Their Syntax
- Chapter 9. Verbal Predicate Structure
- Chapter 10. Agreement Morphology
- Chapter 11. Tense, Aspect, and Mood Marking
- Chapter 12. Argumenthood, Valency, and Transitivity
- Chapter 13. Preverbs and Complex Predicates
- Chapter 14. Adverbs and Particles
- Chapter 15. Intra-clausal Syntax
- Chapter 16. Clause Combining
- Appendix A. Basic Vocabulary List
- Appendix B. Prefix Tables
- Appendix C. Light Verbs
- Appendix D. Information on Speakers and Texts
- Appendix E. Texts
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613940933
- 9781283628488
- 1283628481
- 9783110278187
- 3110278189
- OCLC:
- 811963069
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