31.2593, Books: Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Dixon

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Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:52:25
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders: Dixon

 


Title: Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders 
Subtitle: Studies in Dyirbal, Yidiñ, and Warrgamay 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/edible-gender-mother-in-law-style-and-other-grammatical-wonders-9780198864202?utm_source=linguistlist&utm_medium=listserv&utm_campaign=linguistics 


Author: R. M. W. Dixon

Paperback: ISBN:  9780198864202 Pages: 360 Price: U.S. $ 30.00


Abstract:

This book builds on R. M. W. Dixon's most influential work on the indigenous
languages of Australia over the past forty years, from his trailblazing
grammar of Dyirbal published in 1972 to later grammars of Yidiñ (1971) and
Warrgamay (1981). "Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law Style, and Other Grammatical
Wonders" includes further studies on these languages, and the interrelations
between them. Following an account of the anthropological and linguistic
background, Part I provides a thorough examination of, and comparison between,
the gender system in Dyirbal (one of whose members refers to 'edible
vegetables') and the set of nominal classifiers in Yidiñ. The chapters in Part
II describe Dyirbal's unusual kinship system and the 'mother-in-law' language
style, and examines the origins of 'mother-in-law' vocabulary in Dyirbal and
in Yidiñ. There are four grammatical studies in Part III, dealing with
syntactic orientation, serial verb constructions, complementation strategies,
and grammatical reanalysis. Part IV covers grammatical and lexical variation
across the dialects of Dyirbal, compensatory phonological changes, and a study
of language contact across the Cairns rainforest region. The two final
chapters, in Part V, recount the sad stories of how the Yidiñ and Dyirbal
languages slowly slipped into oblivion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Dyirbal (dbl)
                     Warrgamay (wgy)
                     Yidiny (yii)


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=145894




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