A grammar of Bardi

A grammar of Bardi / by Claire Louise Bowern.

The Bardi language is currently spoken by fewer than 10 people. The language is a member of the Nyulnyulan family, a small non-Pama-Nyungan family in northwest Australia. This book is a reference grammar of the language. The 16 chapters include information on phonetics and phonology, nominal and ver...

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Main Author: Bowern, Claire, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Australian
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2013.
Series:Mouton grammar library ; 57.
Subjects:
Bardi language > Grammar.
Bardi language > Textbooks for foreign speakers > English.
Bardi language K15
Bardi people K15
Language - Linguistics - Grammar and syntax
Material culture
Social organisation - Kinship
Social organisation - Kinship - Kinship terms
Language - Vocabulary - Word lists
Language - Linguistics - Language elicitation - Translated
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Miscellaneous.
Bardi language
Language and languages
Australia, Northern > Languages.
Northern Australia
Textbooks > for English speakers
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Summary Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Maps
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Bardi Ethnography
  • Chapter 3. Phonetics and Phonology
  • Chapter 4. Word Classes, Wordhood, and the Lexicon
  • Chapter 5. Nouns and Nominal Morphology
  • Chapter 6. Adjectives and Other Modifiers
  • Chapter 7. Pronouns and Demonstratives
  • Chapter 8. Noun Phrases and Their Syntax
  • Chapter 9. Verbal Predicate Structure
  • Chapter 10. Agreement Morphology
  • Chapter 11. Tense, Aspect, and Mood Marking
  • Chapter 12. Argumenthood, Valency, and Transitivity
  • Chapter 13. Preverbs and Complex Predicates
  • Chapter 14. Adverbs and Particles
  • Chapter 15. Intra-clausal Syntax
  • Chapter 16. Clause Combining
  • Appendix A. Basic Vocabulary List
  • Appendix B. Prefix Tables
  • Appendix C. Light Verbs
  • Appendix D. Information on Speakers and Texts
  • Appendix E. Texts
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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