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.
General
| Imprint: |
de Gruyter Mouton
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Pacific Linguistics [PL] |
| Release date: |
October 2014 |
| First published: |
2016 |
| Authors: |
Ruth Singer
|
| Dimensions: |
230 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
285 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-61451-424-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-61451-424-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781614514244 |
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