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Dyadic constructions

Date

Authors

Evans, Nicholas

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

Dyad constructions provide a way of referring to pairs or groups of people based on the social relationship they share, but so far they have escaped systematization within general linguistics. This article defines and exemplifies the various kinds of dyad

Keywords

Keywords: Associative plurals; Assymetric; Australia; Compounds; Converse; Correlative; Dual; Dyad; Family group classifiers; Inclusory; Kinship; Oceania; Polysemy; Proprietive; Reciprocal; Symmetric

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31634

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Type

Book Title

Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (2nd ed)

DOI

10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/00188-7

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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