Language Description Informed by Theory
Edited by Rob Pensalfini, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 147] 2014. xii, 391 pp.
Myfany Turpin
List of John Benjamins publications for which Myfany Turpin plays a role.
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Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Language documentation | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2014 Editors’ introduction Language Description Informed by Theory, Pensalfini, Rob, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Article
2014 Bibliography of Mary Laughren Language Description Informed by Theory, Pensalfini, Rob, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin (eds.), pp. 15–24 | Article
2014 Phonological aspects of Arandic baby talk Language Description Informed by Theory, Pensalfini, Rob, Myfany Turpin and Diana Guillemin (eds.), pp. 49–80 | Article
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
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 | Article
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 | Article
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