A Grammar of Bilinarra

Felicity Meakins; Rachel Nordlinger

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2014

A Grammar of Bilinarra

An Australian Aboriginal Language of the Northern Territory

Felicity Meakins

and Rachel Nordlinger

Volume 640 in the series Pacific Linguistics [PL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614512745

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About this book

Felicity Meakins was awarded the Kenneth L. Hale Award 2021
by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) for outstanding work on the documentation of endangered languages

This volume provides the first comprehensive description of Bilinarra, a Pama-Nyungan language of the Victoria River District of the Northern Territory (Australia). Bilinarra is a highly endangered language with only one speaker remaining in 2012 and no child learners. The materials on which this grammatical description is based were collected by the authors over a 20 year period from the last first-language speakers of the language, most of whom have since passed away. Bilinarra is a member of the Ngumpin subgroup of Pama-Nyungan which forms a part of the Ngumpin-Yapa family, which also includes Warlpiri. It is non-configurational, with nominals commonly omitted, arguments cross-referenced by pronominal clitics and word order grammatically free and largely determined by information structure. In this grammatical description much attention is paid to its morphosyntax, including case morphology, the pronominal clitic system and complex predicates. A particular strength of the volume is the provision of sound files for example sentences, allowing the reader access to the language itself.

Author information

Felicity Meakins, University of Queensland; Rachel Nordlinger, University of Melbourne.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Chapter 1 The language and its speakers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
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Chapter 4 Nominals 1: Nouns, case, adnominal and derivational morphology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
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Chapter 7 Inflecting verbs and coverbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	270
Chapter 8 Syntax of simple sentences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers and Advanced Students with an Interest in Aboriginal Languages.
Pages
- Front matter: 33
- Main content: 525
Illustrations
- Tables: 49
Keywords: Australian Aboriginal Languages; Typology; Grammar

eBook

Published: December 12, 2013
ISBN: 9781614512745

Hardcover

Published: December 12, 2013
ISBN: 9781614512684