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Author(s): R. M. W Dixon
ISBN(s): 9780198702900, 0198702906
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Year: 2015
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ISBN 10: 0198702906 
ISBN 13: 9780198702900
Author: RMW Dixon

This book builds on R. M. W. Dixon’s most influential work on the indigenous languages of Australia over the past forty years, from his trailblazing grammar of Dyirbal published in 1972 to later grammars of Yidiñ (1971) and Warrgamay (1981). Edible Gender, Mother-in-Law Style, and Other Grammatical Wonders includes further studies on these languages, and the interrelations between them. Following an account of the anthropological and linguistic background, Part I provides a thorough examination of, and comparison between, the gender system in Dyirbal (one of whose members refers to ‘edible vegetables’) and the set of nominal classifiers in Yidiñ. The chapters in Part II describe Dyirbal’s unusual kinship system and the ‘mother-in-law’ language style, and examines the origins of ‘mother-in-law’ vocabulary in Dyirbal and in Yidiñ. There are four grammatical studies in Part III, dealing with syntactic orientation, serial verb constructions, complementation strategies, and grammatical reanalysis. Part IV covers grammatical and lexical variation across the dialects of Dyirbal, compensatory phonological changes, and a study of language contact across the Cairns rainforest region. The two final chapters, in Part V, recount the sad stories of how the Yidiñ and Dyirbal languages slowly slipped into oblivion.

Edible Gender Mother in Law Style and Other Grammatical Wonders Studies in Dyirbal Yidin and Warrgamay 1st Table of contents:

1. Background

1.1 Culture
1.2 Jalnguy, the ‘Mother-in-Law’ Style
1.3 Tribes, Languages, and Dialects
1.4 Phonology
1.5 Typological Characteristics

Part I: Genders and Classifiers

  1. Edible and the Other Genders in Dyirbal
    2.1 Grammatical Properties
    2.2 Outline of Semantics
    2.3 Basic Concepts
    2.4 General Principles
    2.5 Summing Up
    A note concerning Lakoff’s misrepresentation

  2. Classifiers in Yidiñ
    3.1 How Classifiers are Used
    3.2 Criteria for Recognizing Classifiers
    3.3 Semantic Basis of Classifiers
    3.4 Comparing Dyirbal Genders and Yidiñ Classifiers

Part II: Kin Relations and How to Talk with Them

  1. The Dyirbal Kinship System
    4.1 The Basic Kin Terms
    4.2 Nyalal, the More Specific or ‘Polite’ Kin Terms
    4.3 Some Linguistic Features
    4.4 Rules for Choosing a Spouse
    4.5 The System in Practice

  2. Jalnguy, the ‘Mother-in-Law’ Speech Style in Dyirbal
    5.1 Orientation
    5.2 When it Was Used
    5.3 Semantic Organisation
    5.4 Nouns
    5.5 Adjectives and Time Words
    5.6 Across Word Classes
    5.7 Some Verbs of Motion
    5.8 Other Verbs
    5.9 Envoi

  3. The Origin of ‘Mother-in-Law’ Vocabulary in Dyirbal and Yidiñ
    6.1 The Data Base
    6.2 Lexemes Between Dialects and Between Languages
    6.3 Sources of Jalnguy Lexemes
    6.4 Dialect-Internal Phonological Deformation
    6.5 From an Everyday Style Lexeme in Another Dialect or Language
    6.6 From Another Jalnguy
    6.7 Conclusions

Part III: Grammatical Studies

  1. Comparing the Syntactic Orientations of Dyirbal and Yidiñ
    7.1 The Syntactic Orientation of Dyirbal
    7.2 The Syntactic Orientation of Yidiñ
    7.3 Summary and Explanation
    7.4 Conclusion

  2. Serial Verb Constructions in Dyirbal
    8.1 Introductory
    8.2 Characterisation of Serial Verb Constructions
    8.3 Grammatical Background
    8.4 The Serial Verb Construction in Dyirbal
    8.5 Grammatical Properties
    8.6 Semantics
    8.7 Summary

  3. Complementation Strategies in Dyirbal
    9.1 Types of Clause Linking
    9.2 Complementation Strategies in Dyirbal
    9.3 The Serial Verb Strategy
    9.4 The Relative Clause Strategy
    9.5 The Purposive Strategy
    9.6 Discussion

  4. Grammatical Reanalysis in Warrgamay
    10.1 Making Case Alternations Functional
    10.2 Transitivity
    10.3 The Purposive Construction
    10.4 Reconstruction of Historical Changes in Warrgamay
    10.5 Possible Future Developments

Part IV: Variation, Contact, and Change

  1. Dyirbal Grammar: Variation Across Dialects
    11.1 Nominals
    11.2 Noun and Verb Markers, and Demonstratives
    11.3 Pronouns and Interrogatives/Indefinites
    11.4 Verbals
    11.5 Particles
    11.6 Clitics, Universal Affixes, and Interjections

  2. Dyirbal Dialectology: Lexical Variation
    12.1 Lexical Variation Across the Dialects of Dyirbal
    12.2 Semantic Variation

  3. Compensatory Phonological Changes
    13.1 Introduction
    13.2 Changes in Root Forms
    13.3 Changes Relating to Nominal Morphology
    13.4 Changes Relating to Verbal Morphology
    13.5 Exceptions to the Rules
    13.6 Genesis and Diffusion
    13.7 Conclusion

  4. A Study of Language Contact
    14.1 Introduction
    14.2 Demonstratives and Related Items
    14.3 Tense Systems
    14.4 Pronoun Systems
    14.5 Initial Rhotic
    14.6 Contrastive Vowel Length
    14.7 Conclusion

Part V: Languages Fading Away

  1. The Last Change in Yidiñ
    15.1 Introduction
    15.2 Semi-Speakers
    15.3 Nominal Inflection
    15.4 Root Reassignment
    15.5 Other Variations
    15.6 Conclusion

  2. The Gradual Decline of Dyirbal
    16.1 The First Hundred Years After the European Invasion
    16.2 The Situation in 1963
    16.3 Work from 1977 until 1984
    16.4 Work from 1986 until 1992, and Beyond

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