Murrinhpatha Morphology and Phonology

John Mansfield

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2019

Murrinhpatha Morphology and Phonology

John Mansfield

Volume 653 in the series Pacific Linguistics [PL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501503306

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About this book

Murrinhpatha is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in a region of tropical savannah and tidal inlets on the north coast of the continent. Some 3000 speakers live mostly in the towns of Wadeye and Nganmarriyanga, though they maintain close ties to their traditional lands, totems and spirit ancestors.

Murrinhpatha word structure is highly complex, and quite distinct from the better-known Pama-Nyungan languages of central and southern Australia. Murrinhpatha is characterised by prolific compounding, clitic clusters, cumulative inflection, irregular allomorphy and phonological assimilation. This book provides a comprehensive account of these phenomena, giving particular attention to questions of morphological constituency, lexical storage, and whether there is really such thing as a ‘word’ unit.

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John Mansfield, University of Melbourne, Australia

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XIV
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XV
Abbreviations and glossing conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	XVI
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Social setting and language ecology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Segmental sound patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
4. Morphologically specific sound patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
5. Finite verb stem inflection Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
6. Predicate inflectional suffixes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
7. Nominal and phrasal morphology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
8. Complex verbs and compounding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
9. Murrinhpatha wordhood and gradient morphology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Appendix I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Appendix II Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Graduate or Advanced-Level Readers in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Morphology, Phonology, Linguistic Typology.
Pages
- Front matter: 18
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 35
- Tables: 41
Keywords: Morphology; Phonology; Linguistic Variation; Polysynthesis

eBook

Published: April 1, 2019
ISBN: 9781501503306

Hardcover

Published: April 1, 2019
ISBN: 9781501511394

Paperback

Published: December 7, 2020
ISBN: 9781501524424