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Classificatory Particles in Kilivila
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Common among the world's languages is the phenomenon of classification, a partly or fully grammatical division of the noun lexicon into distinct classes that ultimately derives from the human need to classify and filter data on various levels while communicating. In this book, Senft describes
and develops a grammar of classificatory particles in Kilivila, an Austronesian language of the Trobriand Islanders in Papua New Guinea. Drawing largely on his anthropological and linguistic fieldwork in the islands, and emphasizing the use of classifiers in a social context, Senft provides
quantitative data and a statistical profile of the status and use of these particles, and the classifier system that employs them.
Subject categories
- Academic > Languages and Linguistics > Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania > Languages of Oceania > Austronesian, Papuan, and Australian languages > Micronesian and Melanesian languages
- Academic > Languages and Linguistics > Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania > Japanese language and literature > Japanese language
- Language Arts & Disciplines > Linguistics
- Language Arts & Disciplines > Grammar
ISBNs
0195357833
9780195092110
9780195357837

