Nominal Groups in Pitjantjatjara

• David Rose ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Sydney

     University of Sydney

     Australia

     
• Localización: Word: Journal of the International Linguistic Association, ISSN-e 2373-5112, ISSN 0043-7956, Vol. 68, Nº 1, 2022 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue (Part 2, b): Theme: The Grammar of Nominal Groups: Systemic Functional Linguistic Perspectives), págs. 45-80
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter explores nominal grammar resources in Pitjantjatjara, an Indigenous language of Australia's Western Desert. Data for the description comes primarily from recordings of oral discourse. The description takes a discourse semantic perspective on ideational and textual resources in nominal grammar. Options are described for construing entities by naming, pronaming, classifying, describing, numbering, determining and qualifying. From text examples, a distinctive configuration of meaning options emerges that is characteristic of this language.