Murrinhpatha Morphology and Phonology

By:

John Mansfield

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Hardback

Series:

Pacific Linguistics [Pl]

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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.

Author Biography:

John Mansfield, University of Melbourne, Australia

Release date Australia

April 1st, 2019

Author

John Mansfield

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

35 Illustrations, black and white; 41 Tables, black and white

Pages

314

Series

Pacific Linguistics [Pl]

ISBN-13

9781501511394

Product ID

25846231

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