Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages

Editors

Ilana Mushin | University of Queensland

Brett Baker | University of New England

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Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages is the first major survey to address the issue of the effects of information packaging on Australian languages, widely known for nonconfigurationality. The papers are based on individual fieldwork and describe a wide range of Australian languages of different types, ranging from the polysynthetic languages of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley to the classical types represented by Walpiri. Topics covered include the pragmatics of information exchange, the interaction of noun class marking with polarity and referentiality, the effects of specificity on argument indexing, the discourse uses of the ergative case, the contribution of pronouns to NP reference, the interaction of tense and aspect clitics with information structure, clause-initial position, and discourse and grammar in Australian languages. The volume will appeal to scholars interested in discourse, typology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 104] 2008. x, 239 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 14 October 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.104

Table of Contents

Foreword | p. vii

Maps | pp. ix–x

Discourse and grammar in Australian languages

Brett Baker and Ilana Mushin | pp. 1–23

Clause-initial position in four Australian languages

Jane Simpson and Ilana Mushin | pp. 25–57

Bardi arguments: Referentiality, agreement and omission in Bardi discourse

Claire Bowern | pp. 59–85

Diverging paths: Variation in Garrwa tense/aspect clitic placement

Ilana Mushin | pp. 87–109

Pragmatically case-marked: Non-syntactic functions of the Kuuk Thaayorre ergative suffix

Alice Gaby | pp. 111–134

The interpretation of complex nominal expressions in Southeast Arnhem Land languages

Brett Baker | pp. 135–166

"Double reference" in Kala Lagaw Ya narratives

Lesley Stirling | pp. 167–202

Person reference, proper names and circumspection in Bininj Kunwok conversation

Murray Garde | pp. 203–232

Index of languages | p. 233

Index of names | pp. 235–236

Index of subjects | pp. 237–239

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