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E-raamat: Dynamics of Nominal Classification: Productive and Lexicalised Uses of Gender Agreement in Mawng [De Gruyter e-raamatud]

  • Formaat: 285 pages
  • Sari: Pacific Linguistics [PL]
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2014
  • Kirjastus: De Gruyter Mouton
  • ISBN-13: 9781614513698
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  • Formaat: 285 pages
  • Sari: Pacific Linguistics [PL]
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2014
  • Kirjastus: De Gruyter Mouton
  • ISBN-13: 9781614513698
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This linguistics study of the Aboriginal Australian language Mawng draws on materials and recordings produced through the Warruwi School bilingual Mawng-English program (1973-1996). The study examines the unusual phenomenon of lexicalization of verbal agreement in Mawng, looking at the use of grammatical gender to construct referents in discourse, to mediate selectional restrictions, and to produce new expressions in Mawng. Analysis of grammatical gender in Mawng offers insights on the functions of nominal classification systems. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in nominal classification or cross-linguistic approaches to idioms.

Acknowledgements vii
List of figures
xiii
List of tables
xiii
Abbreviations and glossing conventions xv
1 Introduction
1(12)
1.1 Preamble
1(2)
1.2 Lexicalised agreement verbs: a new typological category
3(3)
1.3 Main themes of the book
6(2)
1.4 An introduction to the Mawng language
8(1)
1.5 Mawng data used in this book
9(1)
1.6 Overview of the book
10(3)
2 Theoretical issues
13(15)
2.1 Introduction
13(1)
2.2 Idioms as constructions
14(3)
2.2.1 Idioms, idiomaticity and formulaicity: a note on terminology
14(2)
2.2.2 Idioms from a construction grammar perspective
16(1)
2.3 Nominal Classification
17(4)
2.4 Selectional restrictions
21(7)
2.4.1 The birth of selectional restrictions with generative syntax
22(3)
2.4.2 Selectional restrictions as presuppositions
25(3)
3 Grammatical sketch
28(21)
3.1 The verb
28(4)
3.1.1 Pronominal prefixes
28(3)
3.1.2 Complex verbs
31(1)
3.2 Nominals
32(2)
3.2.1 Inflecting nominals
32(1)
3.2.2 Demonstratives
33(1)
3.2.3 Pronouns
33(1)
3.2.4 Other parts of speech
34(1)
3.3 Noun phrases
34(2)
3.4 Grammatical relations
36(8)
3.4.1 Primary evidence for argument structure: verbal cross-referencing
37(1)
3.4.2 Secondary evidence for argument structure 1: use of cardinal pronouns
38(1)
3.4.3 Secondary evidence for argument structure 2: control
39(5)
3.5 Complex sentences
44(1)
3.6 The discourse status of verbal pronominal prefixes
45(4)
4 Gender
49(34)
4.1 Introduction
49(1)
4.2 The place of Mawng gender within typologies of nominal classification
50(2)
4.3 Mawng gender: a static sketch
52(11)
4.3.1 Gender agreement morphology
52(3)
4.3.2 Gender semantics
55(3)
4.3.3 Kinds of word-gender associations
58(5)
4.4 Departures from typical noun-gender associations in Mawng discourse
63(6)
4.4.1 Variation in the classification of entities depending on their human purpose
63(3)
4.4.2 Transformation of Dreamtime beings to landscape features in myth
66(3)
4.5 The importance of semantic domains in gender agreement: the use of Land gender to refer to speech and thought
69(3)
4.6 The discourse functions of semantically-based gender systems
72(2)
4.7 Similarities between the function of gender in Mawng and free classifiers in other Australian languages
74(7)
4.7.1 A brief overview of classifiers in Australian languages
74(4)
4.7.2 Cross-classification by classifiers and genders
78(3)
4.8 Conclusion: towards a usage-based typology of classification systems
81(2)
5 Restricted argument verbs: verbs with very narrow selectional restrictions
83(20)
5.1 Introduction
83(2)
5.2 Selectional restrictions and their conventionalisation: a further look at - la `consume'
85(4)
5.3 Very narrow selectional restrictions: the verb - waraw `light (fire)'
89(3)
5.4 Restricted arguments and predicate-argument relations: - wukpa `(wind) blow'
92(2)
5.5 Further evidence that gender mediates selectional restrictions: the case of - atpi `understand'
94(4)
5.6 The boundary between restricted argument verbs and normal selectional restriction processes
98(2)
5.7 The development of restricted argument verbs into verbs with lexicalised agreement
100(1)
5.8 Conclusion
101(2)
6 Lexicalised agreement
103(49)
6.1 Introduction
103(4)
6.2 How to identify a lexicalised agreement verb
107(2)
6.3 How does verbal agreement become lexicalised?
109(4)
6.3.1 From transitive verb to an activity verb
109(2)
6.3.2 From noun-verb idiom to an activity verb
111(2)
6.4 Analysing the argument structure of lexicalised agreement verbs
113(4)
6.5 Verbs with lexicalised object agreement
117(12)
6.5.1 Motion and posture predicates
117(2)
6.5.2 Hunting predicates
119(5)
6.5.3 Communication predicates
124(3)
6.5.4 Complement-taking predicates with lexicalised object agreement
127(2)
6.6 Verbs with lexicalised transitive subject agreement
129(8)
6.6.1 Experiencer object predicates
130(6)
6.6.2 Other predicates with lexicalised transitive subject agreement
136(1)
6.7 All agreement lexicalised: atmospheric condition predicates
137(1)
6.8 Verbs with lexicalised intransitive subject agreement
138(10)
6.8.1 Two intransitive verbs with lexicalised agreement used for remembering
139(3)
6.8.2 Lexicalised intransitive subject agreement without dummy arguments
142(6)
6.9 Conclusion
148(4)
7 A typological perspective on Mawng verbs with non-canonical agreement
152(43)
7.1 Introduction
152(1)
7.2 Lexicalised agreement around the world
153(19)
7.2.1 Languages of Northern Australia
154(4)
7.2.2 Languages elsewhere in the world
158(3)
7.2.3 Lexicalised agreement as an old feature of Iwaidjan languages: absolutive pseudo-arguments in Iwaidja
161(3)
7.2.4 Experiencer objects in other languages
164(8)
7.3 Classifier noun-incorporation and the use of verbal gender agreement in Mawng: some parallels
172(9)
7.3.1 Parallels between noun-incorporation and restricted argument verbs
173(5)
7.3.2 The development of lexicalised agreement from old noun-incorporations
178(3)
7.4 Towards a typology of verb-argument idioms
181(12)
7.4.1 The consequences of the differences in form of verb-argument idioms
182(1)
7.4.2 Differences in the degrees of formulaicity and expressivity across the three types of verb-argument idioms
183(1)
7.4.3 The prevalence of lexicalised agreement cross-linguistically: a survey
184(6)
7.4.4 Tracing the absolutive tendency among verb-argument idioms
190(3)
7.5 Conclusion
193(2)
8 Conclusions: towards a more dynamic understanding of nominal classification and its lexicalisation
195(14)
8.1 Introduction: the value of studies of nominal classification systems in use
195(1)
8.2 Questions discussed in this book
196(5)
8.2.1 What are nominal classification systems good for anyhow?
196(2)
8.2.2 What do selectional restrictions have to do with nominal classification?
198(1)
8.2.3 What is lexicalised agreement and what can it tell us about language that we do not already know?
199(2)
8.3 Questions for future work
201(6)
8.3.1 Does the presence of a semantically-based nominal classification system affect the structure of the lexicon?
201(3)
8.3.2 Bringing formulaic language into linguistic typology, language description and language documentation
204(3)
8.4 Concluding remarks
207(2)
Bibliography 209(14)
Appendix 1 Pronominal prefixes 223(2)
Appendix 2 Wurakak `Crow' text 225(14)
Appendix 3 Full typological sample 239(1)
Appendix 4 Email for language experts 240(2)
Appendix 5 List of all non-canonical verbs 242(14)
Appendix 6 Sources of Mawng material 256(5)
Author index 261(3)
Subject index 264(3)
Language index 267
Ruth Singer, University of Melbourne, Australia.
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