Verb Classification in Australian Languages
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Verb Classification in Australian Languages

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Verb Classification in Australian Languages

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This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typology of the systems according to their main formal and semantic characteristics. It also makes some proposals concerning the historical origins and grammaticisation of these systems, and suggestions regarding the grammatical relations involved. In addition, an attempt is made to situate the phenomenon of verb classification within the context of related verbal phenomena such as serial verb constructions, nominal incorporation, and complex predicates.

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9783110171419
eBook ISBN
9783110870879
Edition
1
Topic
Sprachen & Linguistik
Subtopic
Sprachwissenschaft

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. List of Figures
  3. List of Maps
  4. List of Tables
  5. Abbreviations and Conventions
  6. 1. Introduction
  7. 1.1. What is verb classification?
  8. 1.2. Towards a typology of classification
  9. 1.2.1. Superclassification and subclassification
  10. 1.2.2. Classes and categories
  11. 1.2.3. Classifiers and classifying constructions
  12. 1.2.4. Concluding remarks
  13. 1.3. Understanding grammatical superclassification
  14. 1.3.1. A conceptual model
  15. 1.3.2. Distributional criteria for grammatical superclassification
  16. 1.3.3. An example: the Kija noun class system
  17. 1.4. Verb superclassification Australian style
  18. 1.5. Semantic basis of verb superclassification
  19. 1.5.1. Fundamental parameters
  20. 1.5.2. On class, category, and classification meaning
  21. 1.5.3. Prediction and explanation
  22. 1.6. Aims and organisation
  23. 2. The Gooniyandi verb classifier system
  24. 2.1. Structure of the verbal complex
  25. 2.2. The X morphemes as category markers
  26. 2.3. The semantics of Gooniyandi verb classifiers
  27. 2.3.1. Extendible classifiers
  28. 2.3.2. Accomplishment classifiers 64 2.3.2.1. Monovalent classifiers
  29. 2.3.3. Parallelisms between extendible and accomplishment classifiers?
  30. 2.3.4. Exceptions
  31. 2.3.5. Concluding remarks
  32. 2.4. Two special cases
  33. 2.4.1. Classification of the most frequent verb roots
  34. 2.4.2. Classification of English borrowings
  35. 2.5. Remarks on verb classification in Bunuba
  36. 3. CVC-based verb category systems
  37. 3.1. Formal properties of CVCs
  38. 3.2. Nyulnyulanlanguages
  39. 3.3. Worrorran (Northern Kimberley) languages
  40. 3.4. Jarrakan languages
  41. 3.5. Jaminjungan languages
  42. 3.6. Wagiman
  43. 3.7. Daly River languages
  44. 3.8. Maran languages
  45. 3.9. Mangarrayi
  46. 3.10. Pama-Nyungan languages
  47. 3.11. Concluding remarks
  48. 4. Comparison of verb category systems
  49. 4.1. Degrees of grammaticisation
  50. 4.2. IVs recurrent in CVC-based category systems
  51. 4.2.1. Speech; avalent
  52. 4.2.2. Stance; monovalent
  53. 4.2.3. Motion; monovalent
  54. 4.2.4. Induced motion; bivalent
  55. 4.2.5. Acquisition; bivalent
  56. 4.2.6. Violence; bivalent
  57. 4.2.7. Perception; bivalent
  58. 4.2.8. Concluding remarks
  59. 4.3. Gooniyandi and Nyulnyul systems in contrast
  60. 4.3.1. Formal characteristics
  61. 4.3.2. System level comparison
  62. 4.3.3. Individual categories compared and contrasted
  63. 4.3.4. Categorisation of vocalisation/communication events
  64. 4.3.5. Categorisation of motion events
  65. 4.3.6. Conclusion
  66. 5. Verb class systems: conjugations
  67. 5.1. Pama-Nyungan conjugation classes
  68. 5.2. Non-Pama-Nyungan conjugation classes
  69. 5.2.1. Nyulnyulan languages
  70. 5.2.2. Worrorran languages
  71. 5.2.3. Mindi languages
  72. 5.2.4. Wagiman and Wardaman
  73. 5.2.5. Gunwinjguan languages
  74. 5.2.6. Maran languages
  75. 5.2.7. Nunggubuyu
  76. 5.2.8. Anindilyakwa
  77. 5.3. Overlapping conjugation class membership
  78. 5.4. Other types of verb class system
  79. 6. The grammar of verb superclassifying constructions
  80. 6.1. Overview of approaches to verb classification
  81. 6.1.1. Conjugation by auxiliary
  82. 6.1.2. Compounding analysis
  83. 6.1.3. Semantic bleaching
  84. 6.1.4. Classifying analyses
  85. 6.1.5. Fusion and union analyses
  86. 6.1.6. CVCs as complex predicates
  87. 6.1.7. Grammatical relations in conjugation classes?
  88. 6.2. Grammatical relations in CVCs
  89. 6.3. Valency and transitivity in Nyulnyul CVCs
  90. 7. Related grammatical phenomena
  91. 7.1. Verb classification in a wider perspective
  92. 7.1.1. Non-CVC compound verb classifying constructions
  93. 7.1.2. Categorisation by prefixes
  94. 7.1.3. Categorisation with quantification
  95. 7.1.4. Other verbal constructions
  96. 7.1.5. Concluding observations
  97. 7.2. Other types of compound verb construction
  98. 7.3. Other double-unit verb constructions
  99. 7.3.1. Auxiliary constructions
  100. 7.3.2. Serial verb constructions
  101. 7.3.3. Associated motion constructions
  102. 7.3.4. Final remark
  103. 7.4. Marking of diathesis alternations
  104. 7.5. Concluding remarks
  105. 8. Evolution of verb classification in Australia
  106. 8.1. Ideophone origins of UVs
  107. 8.1.1. Distinctive phonotactic features
  108. 8.1.2. Phonaesthesia
  109. 8.1.3. Use of UVs as expressives
  110. 8.1.4. Limited morphological modification
  111. 8.1.5. Syntactic properties
  112. 8.1.6. Comparison with recurrent features of ideophones
  113. 8.1.7. Motivations for historical change from ideophone to UV
  114. 8.2. Origins and historical development of the CVC
  115. 8.3. Origins of Pama-Nyungan conjugation markers
  116. 8.4. Evolution of meaning
  117. 8.5. Australia as a verb classification Sprachbund
  118. 9. Verb classification in discourse: a preliminary investigation
  119. 9.1. Category distribution in Gooniyandi narratives
  120. 9.2. A textual investigation
  121. 9.3. Interpretation and explanation
  122. 10. Conclusions
  123. 10.1. Overview
  124. 10.2. Comparatison of noun and verb classification
  125. 10.3. Directions for future research
  126. Appendix 1. Basic information on Australian languages mentioned in this book
  127. Appendix 2. Australian phonologies and orthographies
  128. Notes
  129. References
  130. Index of authors
  131. Index of languages
  132. Index of subjects