| Description |
1 online resource (294 pages) : portraits |
| Series |
Culture and language use ; 11 |
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Culture and language use ; v. 11.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Bininj Gunwok kinship systems -- Ways of referring to people in Bininj Gunwok -- The Kun-Debi system of triadic kinship reference -- Reference, grammar and indeterminacy in Bininj Gunwok conversation -- Culture, reference and circumspection -- The path of inference: the unravelling of referring expressions -- The trouble with Wamud: a conversational example of unsuccessful reference -- Person reference: culture, cognition and theories of communication -- References |
| Summary |
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 f |
| Notes |
Electronic version available |
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Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Australian languages -- Grammar
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Australian languages -- Discourse analysis
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Language and culture -- Australia
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Sociolinguistics -- Australia
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Kunwinjku language N65
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Bininj Kunwok language N186
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
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Australian languages -- Grammar
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Language and culture
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Sociolinguistics
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789027271242 |
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9027271240 |
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