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The Dynamics of Nominal Classification

The Dynamics of Nominal Classification Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Gender Agreement in Mawng - Pacific Linguistics

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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ISBN: 9781614513704
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton
Pub date:
DEWEY: 499.15
DEWEY edition: 23
Number of pages: 450
Weight: -1g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm