Verb Classification in Australian Languages

This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typology of the systems according to their main formal and semantic characteristics. It also makes some proposals concerning the historical origins and grammaticisation of these systems, and suggestions regarding the grammatical relations involved. In addition, an attempt is made to situate the phenomenon of verb classification within the context of related verbal phenomena such as serial verb constructions, nominal incorporation, and complex predicates.

About the author

William McGregor, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Product details

• Authors: William B McGregor, William B. McGregor
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9783110171419
• ISBN: 978-3-11-017141-9
• No. of pages: 531
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 41 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 912 g
• Illustrations: 27 b/w ill., 35 b/w tbl., 6 maps
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology; Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]; Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics