Myfany Turpin

List of John Benjamins publications for which Myfany Turpin plays a role.

Title

Language Description Informed by Theory

Edited by Rob Pensalfini, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 147] 2014. xii, 391 pp.

Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Language documentation | Theoretical linguistics

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Pensalfini, Rob, Diana Guillemin and Myfany Turpin. 2014. Editors’ introduction. Language Description Informed by Theory, Pensalfini, Rob, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin (eds.), pp. 1–14

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Turpin, Myfany and Diana Guillemin. 2014. Bibliography of Mary Laughren. Language Description Informed by Theory, Pensalfini, Rob, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin (eds.), pp. 15–24

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Turpin, Myfany, Katherine Demuth and April Ngampart Campbell. 2014. Phonological aspects of Arandic baby talk. Language Description Informed by Theory, Pensalfini, Rob, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin (eds.), pp. 49–80

Baby Talk (BT), also known as child-directed speech, is a non-standard form of speech used by adults when talking to infants. In Arandic languages BT involves the use of a small set of unique but widely known words, onomatopoeic-derived words, as well as phonological modifications to standard… read more | Article

Koch, Grace and Myfany Turpin. 2008. 12. The language of Central Australian Aboriginal songs. Morphology and Language History: In honour of Harold Koch, Bowern, Claire, Bethwyn Evans and Luisa Miceli (eds.), pp. 167–183

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Turpin, Myfany. 2002. Body part terms in Kaytetye feeling expressions. The Body in Description of Emotion: Cross-linguistic studies, Enfield, N.J. and Anna Wierzbicka (eds.), pp. 271–305

This paper addresses the question of how feelings are expressed in Kaytetye, a Central Australian language of the Pama-Nyugan family. It identifies three different formal constructions for expressing feelings, and explores the extent to which specific body part terms are associated with types of… read more | Article