Classificatory Particles in Kilivila (Hardcover, New)

Common among the world's languages is the phenomenon of classification, a partly or fully grammatical division of the noun lexicon into distinct classes that ultimately derives from the human need to classify and filter data on various levels while communicating. In this book, Senft describes and develops a grammar of classificatory particles in Kilivila, an Austronesian language of the Trobriand Islanders in Papua New Guinea. Drawing largely on his anthropological and linguistic fieldwork in the islands, and emphasizing the use of classifiers in a social context, Senft provides quantitative data and a statistical profile of the status and use of these particles, and the classifier system that employs them.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 1
Release date:	June 1996
First published:	March 1996
Authors:	Gunter Senft (Senior Research Fellow)
Dimensions:	242 x 163 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	394
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-509211-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	0-19-509211-2
Barcode:	9780195092110

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