The reconstruction of inflectional classes in morphology: History, method and Pama-Nyungan (Australian) verbs

dc.contributor.authorKoch, Harold
dc.contributor.editorRob Pensalfini
dc.contributor.editorMyfany Turpin
dc.contributor.editorDiana Guillemin
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:11:43Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2020-12-27T07:46:04Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper surveys the approaches that have been taken to the synchronic description of the inflectional classes of verbs of the Pama-Nyungan family of Australian languages, highlighting problems with the application of the concept of the morpheme, and the notion of �conjugation markers�. It then summarizes and critically assesses attempts to reconstruct the prehistory of Pama-Nyungan verb inflection, considering primarily the contrasting approaches of Dixon (1980, 2002) and Alpher (1990). The methodological requirements for such a reconstruction are then discussed. Finally, the proposed principles are applied first to the internal reconstruction of verbs in Walmajarri, a language of the Ngumpin-Yapa subgroup, then to the comparative reconstruction of some Pama-Nyungan (monosyllabic) verbs that display heterogeneous patterns of inflection.
dc.identifier.isbn9789027270917
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/63819
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
dc.relation.ispartofLanguage Description Informed by Theory
dc.relation.isversionof1st Edition
dc.source.urihttps://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/slcs.147/main
dc.titleThe reconstruction of inflectional classes in morphology: History, method and Pama-Nyungan (Australian) verbs
dc.typeBook chapter
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage189
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublicationAmsterdam and Philadephia
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage153
local.contributor.affiliationKoch, Harold, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu7400094@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidKoch, Harold, u7400094
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor200408 - Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)
local.identifier.absseo950202 - Languages and Literacy
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB851
local.identifier.doi10.1075/slcs.147.08koc
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu9803255
local.type.statusPublished Version

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