Overview

This volume presents descriptions of complex sentence phenomena in ten Australian languages and provides important new material in this area of current concern in linguistics. Complex sentences are described either from a syntactic or from a semantic (discourse-functional) point of view. The papers draw on data from widely distributed and, in some instances, previously undescribed languages. Among others descriptions of the (so-far) poorly known non-Pama-Nyungan languages of Northern Australia, as well as Pama-Nyungan languages from Central and Northern Australia are included in this volume.

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Author:   Peter Austin
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   15
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9789027228888

ISBN 10:   9027228884
Pages:   289
Publication Date:   01 January 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Introduction (by Austin, Peter); 3. Figure and Ground in Rembarrnga Complex Sentences (by McKay, Graham R.); 4. Mood and Subodination in Kuniyanti (by McGregor, William B.); 5. Participle Sentences in Wakiman (by Cook, Anthony); 6. Complex Sentences in Martuthunira (by Dench, Alan); 7. Switch-reference in Mparntwe Arrernte (Aranda): Form, Function, and Problems of Identity (by Wilkins, David P.); 8. Verb Serialisation and the Circumstantial Construction in Yankunytjatjara (by Goddard, Cliff); 9. Some Features of Manjiljarra Nominalised Relative Clauses (by Clendon, Mark); 10. Case and Complementiser Suffixes in Warlpiri (by Simpson, Jane); 11. Odd Topic Marking in Kayadild (by Evans, Nicholas); 12. Affixes of Motion and Direction in Adnyamathanha (by Tunbridge, Dorothy); 13. Index of Languages; 14. Index of Names

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