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Author Senft, Gunter, 1952-

Title Classificatory particles in Kilivila / Gunter Senft
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 377 pages)
Series Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics
Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics.
Contents Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Classificatory Particles in Kilivila: Grammatical and Discourse Functions -- Ch. 3. The System of Classificatory Particles in Kilivila -- Ch. 4. On the Validity of Some of the Presented Results: Six Years Later -- A Restudy -- Ch. 5. Excursus: Language, Culture, and Cognition? -- Ch. 6. Closing Remarks: Using Network Models to Describe Classifier Systems -- Appendix A Consultants: 1982/1983 Study -- Appendix B Number of CP Tokens Produced for Each CP Type by Text and Word Class for Consultants in Corpus of Kilivila Speech Data -- Appendix C Consultants: 1989 Restudy -- Appendix D Some Speculations on the Origin of Classifiers
Summary This study examines the system of classificatory particles - the divisions of the noun lexicon into distinct classes - in Kilivila, the Austronesian language of the Trobrian Islanders of Papua New Guinea. The author uses data gathered in field research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-369) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Kiriwinian language -- Particles
Kiriwinian language -- Classification
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Kiriwinian language
Language and languages -- Grammar
Kilivila.
Partikels.
Classifiers (taalkunde)
SUBJECT Trobriand Islands (Papua New Guinea) -- Languages -- Grammar
Subject Papua New Guinea -- Trobriand Islands
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 1429415509
9781429415507
9780195092110
0195092112