Culture, interaction and person reference in an Australian language :: an ethnography of Bininj Gunwok communication /

The study of person reference stands at the cross-roads of linguistics, anthropology and psychology. As one aspect of an ethnography of communication, this book deals with a single problem - how one knows who is being talked about in conversation - from a rich and varied ethnographic perspective. Th...

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1. Verfasser: Garde, Murray (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Australian
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Schriftenreihe:Culture and language use ; v. 11.
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Zusammenfassung:The study of person reference stands at the cross-roads of linguistics, anthropology and psychology. As one aspect of an ethnography of communication, this book deals with a single problem - how one knows who is being talked about in conversation - from a rich and varied ethnographic perspective. Through a combination of grammatical agreement and free pronouns, Bininj Gunwok possesses a pronominal system that, according to current theoretical accounts in linguistics, should facilitate clear cut reference. However, the descriptions of Bininj Gunwok conversation in this volume demonstrate that f.
Beschreibung:Electronic version available.
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (294 pages) : portraits
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271242
9027271240