Verb Classification in Australian Languages 1st Edition by William Mcgregor ISBN 3110171414 978-3110171419

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ISBN 10: 3110171414 

ISBN 13: 978-3110171419

Author: William B. Mcgregor

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.

Table of contents: 

1 Introduction
2 The Gooniyandi verb classifier system
3 Comparison of verb category systems
4 Conjugations
5 The grammar of verb superclassifying constructions
6 Related grammatical phenomena
7 Evolution of verb classification in Australia
8 A preliminary investigation
9 Conclusions
10 Basic information on Australian languages
11 Australian phonologies and orthographies

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