Publication

2019 - de Gruyter GmbH, Walter

Language

English

Word Count

78,500 words, Guess

Page Count

314 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781501511394
  • ISBN-101501511394
  • OCLC Control Number1099481167
  • Better World Books9781501511394
  • Open LibraryOL34534941M

Classifications

  • LCCPL7101.M79M36 2019
  • LCCPL7101.M79 M36 2019

Description

Murrinhpatha is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in a region of tropical savannah and tidal inlets on the north coast of the continent. Some 3000 speakers live mostly in the towns of Wadeye and Nganmarriyanga, though they maintain close ties to their traditional lands, totems and spirit ancestors. Murrinhpatha word structure is highly complex, and quite distinct from the better-known Pama-Nyungan languages of central and southern Australia. Murrinhpatha is characterised by prolific compounding, clitic clusters, cumulative inflection, irregular allomorphy and phonological assimilation. This book provides a comprehensive account of these phenomena, giving particular attention to questions of morphological constituency, lexical storage, and whether there is really such thing as a 'word' unit.

Subjects

Topics

PhonologyMorphologyMorphophonemicsMurrinhpatha languageAustralian Aboriginal languages. PhonologyGrammar, comparative and general, phonologyGrammar, comparative and general, morphology

Other Editions

  • Murrinhpatha Morphology and Phonologyde Gruyter GmbH, Walter2019-01-01

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