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题名/责任者:

Noun phrases in Australian languages : a typological study / Dana Louagie.

出版发行项:

Boston ; Berlin : de Gruyter Mouton, [2020]

出版发行项:

?2020

ISBN:

9781501517808 (hardback)

ISBN:

1501517805 (hardback)

载体形态项:

xx, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

丛编说明:

Pacific linguistics, 1448-8310 ; volume 662

丛编统一题名:

Pacific linguistics ; 662.

个人责任者:

Louagie, Dana, author.

论题主题:

Australian languages-Australia.

论题主题:

Australian languages-Semantics.

中图法分类号:

H843

一般附注:

Revision of doctoral thesis defended at the University of Leuven in March 2017.

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-254) and indexes.

摘要附注:

This book presents a first comprehensive typological analysis of noun phrases in Australian languages, covering the domains of classification, qualification, quantification, determination and constituency. The analysis is based on a representative sample of 100 languages. Among other points, the results call into question the classic idea that Australian languages tend to lack phrasal structures in the nominal domain, with over two thirds of the languages showing evidence for phrasehood. Moreover, it is argued that it may be more interesting to typologise languages on the basis of where and how they allow phrasal structure, rather than on the basis of a yes-no answer to the question of constituency. The analysis also shows that a determiner slot can be identified in about half of the languages, even though they generally lack 'classic' determiner features like obligatory use in particular contexts or a restriction to one determiner per NP. Special attention is given to elements, which can be used both inside and beyond determiner slots, demonstrating how part of speech and functional structure do not always align. The book is of interest to researchers documenting Australian languages, as well as to typologists and theorists.

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