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Date: 23-Oct-2011
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: The Muɹinyapata Language of North-West Australia: Dixon (Ed),
Walsh


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Subject: The Muɹinyapata Language of North-West Australia: Dixon (Ed), Walsh

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Title: The Muɹinyapata Language of North-West Australia 
Series Title: Outstanding grammars from Australia 03  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
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Author: Michael James Walsh
Editor: RMW Dixon

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862880942 Pages: 465 Price: Europe EURO 74.00


Abstract:

This study presents a synchronic description of the main dialect of the 
Muɹinyapata language of North-West Australia. 

It is divided into six chapters. The first is introductory placing Muɹinyapata in 
the context of Australian languages, giving some background to the area In 
which the language is spoken and assessing previous work on this group. 
The second chapter provides a phonological description and an account of 
morphophonological change. The segmental phonology is presented in a 
distinctive feature format. Some tentative rules are advanced to account for 
stress. The third chapter establishes the word classes of Muɹinyapata, briefly 
discussing their defining characteristics. A preliminary discussion on noun 
classification is embarked upon which is given a fuller semantic basis in 
chapter six. Chapter four presents the morphological facts of the language: 
data which assist the description of verbal morphology are presented in 
Appendics 2 and 3. 

Chapter five provides a preliminary discussion of Muɹinyapata syntax. A brief 
account of the semantics of the language is given in chapter six, with 
particular emphasis on noun-classification. Three sample texts are provided 
in Appendix 4. 

The bulk of the text is concerned with synchronic description of the 
phonology and morphology of the language. Their unusual complexity 
demand lengthy discussion with a more detailed account of the syntax and 
semantics being reserved for a later study. 



Linguistic Field(s): Australian Languages
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Murrinh-Patha (mwf)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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