ISBN:
0-85575-022-7
,
978-0-85575-022-0
Language:
English
,
Australian languages
Pages:
xii, 160 Seiten
Series Statement:
Australian Aboriginal Studies (Serie) no. 45
Series Statement:
Australian Aboriginal Studies. Linguistic Series no. 45
Keywords:
Australien Queensland
;
Cape York Halbinsel
;
Ureinwohner, Australien
;
Sprache, australische
;
Sprachwissenschaft
;
Grammatik
Abstract:
Kunjen is the "popular pidgin name" for a group of Paman dialects spoken by Australian Aborigines who earlier inhabited the central Cape York Peninsular area of North Queensland. Two of these dialects - Oykangand and Olgol - are accounted for in this study. [...] (Abstract)
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- List of tables -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Case grammar considered -- 3. Notational conventions -- 4. Conjunction -- 5. The case system -- 6. Noun phrases and sentence embedding -- 7. Nouns and classifiers -- 8. Proniminalisation -- 9. The modality constituent -- 10. Verbs -- 11. Imperatives and questions -- 12. The rules revisited -- 13. Sample text and lexicon -- 14. Olgol -- References cited
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 157-160
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