Kinship and Collective Activity in the Ngayarda Languages of Australia.

Dench, Alan

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Publication Date: 1987

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Kinship and Collective Activity in the Ngayarda Languages of Australia.

Dench, Alan

Language in Society, v16 n3 p321-339 Sep 1987

Describes the functions of a verbal derivational suffix found in the Ngayarda languages of Western Australia. This suffix has a general "collective activity" meaning, but may be used to indicate the existence of a particular kin relationship between participants involved in the action described. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Kinship, Kinship Terminology, Language Patterns, Morphophonemics, Phonemes, Sociocultural Patterns, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Suffixes, Syntax, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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