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Date: 23-Oct-2011
From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: Ngan’gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern
Territory of Australia: Dixon (Ed), Reid

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From: Ulrich Lueders [lincom.europa at t-online.de]
Subject: Ngan’gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern Territory of Australia: Dixon (Ed), Reid

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Title: Ngan’gityemerri: a language of the Daly River region, Northern
Territory of Australia 
Series Title: Outstanding grammars from Australia 06  

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom.eu

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu 

Author: Nicholas Reid
Editor: RMW Dixon

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862881000 Pages: 468 Price: Europe EURO 74.80

Abstract:

Ngan'gityemerri is the name of a language spoken in two varieties named 
Ngan'gikurunggurr and Ngen'giwumirri. This language is spoken near the 
western coast of Australia's Northern Territory by about 150 people.

This is a technical reference grammar, rather than a 2nd language learning 
resource, written for an audience of linguists. It treats Ngan'gikurunggurr and 
Ngen'giwumirri as a single grammar, but draws explicit attention to those 
areas where they differ.

Ngan'gityemerri is a non-PamaNyungan language with high levels of 
morphological complexity. It has a rich system of about 16 noun classes; a 
sound system atypical of Australia in having a 3-way obstruent contrast; and 
a verb complex built up through the pairing of an inflecting auxiliary verb with 
a non-inflecting verb stem (or coverb).

This study aims to provide a broad treatment of most areas of 
Ngan'gityemerri, so it includes substantial chapters on its phonology, and 
nominal and verbal morphology. However, as this is a language in which the 
verb is where the action is, that broad treatment is countered with more 
detailed exploration of two of the verb's most interesting aspects: the 
incorporation of body part terms into the verbal complex; and the semantics 
of auxiliary verbs.

This grammar is theoretically eclectic, drawing on whatever grammatical tools 
best achieve the aim of describing Ngan'gityemerri. It is written in 
straightforward language and contains a large number of natural language 
examples will best allow the reader to judge the accuracy and internal 
consistency of the description. 

Linguistic Field(s): Australian Languages
                     Language Documentation
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Nangikurrunggurr (nam)

Written In: English  (eng)

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