24.4970, Books: Culture, Interaction and Person Reference in an Australian Language: Garde

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From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Culture, Interaction and Person Reference in an Australian Language: Garde

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Title: Culture, Interaction and Person Reference in an Australian
Language 
Subtitle: An ethnography of Bininj Gunwok communication 
Series Title: Culture and Language Use 11  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/clu.11 

Author: Murray Garde

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027271242 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
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Hardback: ISBN:  9789027202949 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
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Abstract:

The study of person reference stands at the cross-roads of linguistics,
anthropology and psychology. As one aspect of an ethnography of communication,
this book deals with a single problem — how one knows who is being talked
about in conversation — from a rich and varied ethnographic perspective.
Through a combination of grammatical agreement and free pronouns, Bininj
Gunwok possesses a pronominal system that, according to current theoretical
accounts in linguistics, should facilitate clear cut reference. However, the
descriptions of Bininj Gunwok conversation in this volume demonstrate that
frequently a vast gulf lies between knowing that, say, an object is '3rd
singular', and actually knowing who it refers to. Achieving reference to
people in Bininj Gunwok can involve a delicate and refined set of calculations
which are part of a deliberate and artful way of speaking. Speakers draw on a
diverse set of grammatical and lexical devices all underpinned by shared
knowledge about a diverse range of social relationships and cultural
practices.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Gunwinggu (gup)

Written In: English  (eng)

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