Interaction of Phonological, Grammatical, and Semantic Factors: An Australian Example

Discussed are data obtained during three study trips working with 200 speakers of Djaru in Western Australia. Djaru has agreement between full NPs & bound pronouns. Several rules are formulated to account for agreement possibilities. Animacy, number, & case hierarchies are discussed. It is s...

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Published in:Oceanic linguistics 1981-07, Vol.20 (1), p.45-92
Main Author: Tasaku, Tsunoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animate beings
Animation
Children
Language
Linguistic agreement
Linguistics
Nouns
Referents
Semantics
Verbs
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Summary:Discussed are data obtained during three study trips working with 200 speakers of Djaru in Western Australia. Djaru has agreement between full NPs & bound pronouns. Several rules are formulated to account for agreement possibilities. Animacy, number, & case hierarchies are discussed. It is shown that different aspects of agreement may be based on different principles. Phonological, semantic, & grammatical factors interact in a complex way. Some factors as yet unexplained are outlined. 3 Tables, 39 References. B. Annesser
ISSN:0029-8115
1527-9421
DOI:10.2307/3622841