A Grammar of Warrongo

ISBN-13: 9783110238761 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 781 str.

Tasaku Tsunoda

Opis

Warrongo is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language that used to be spoken in northeast Australia. This volume is largely based on the rich data recorded from the last fluent speaker. It details the phonology, morphology and syntax of the language. In particular, it provides a truly scrutinizing description of syntactic ergativity - a phenomenon that is rare among the world's language. It also shows that, unlike some other Australian languages, Warrongo has noun phrases that are configurational. Overall this volume shows what can be documented of a language that has only one speaker.

Warrongo is an extinct Australian language on which Tasaku Tsunoda did fieldwork with the last speaker. This volume shows what can be done in terms of writing a grammar based on a last speaker. The book documents Warrongo in as much detail as possible and forms an important addition to what is known of Queensland languages.

O autorze

Tasaku Tsunoda, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Tokyo, Japan.