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This volume aims to extend both the range of analyses and the database on nominal classification systems. Previous analyses of nominal classification systems ha
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The use of grammatical gender in the Australian language Mawng calls into question prevailing ideas about the functions of nominal classification systems. Mawng
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This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the study of gender and classifiers throughout the history of Western linguistics. Based on an analysis of ov
Verb Classification in Australian Languages
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This book deals with systems of verb classification in Australian Aboriginal languages, with particular focus on languages of the north-west. It proposes a typo
A Grammar of Gaagudju
Language: en
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Gaagudju is a previously undescribed and now nearly extinct language of northern Australia. This grammar provides an overall description of the language. Austra