Simple and Complex Verbs in Jaminjung
A Study of Event Categorisation in an Australian Language
Description:... ' Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru, and other northern Australian languages in a contiguous geographic area, exhibit unique patterns of lexicalisation and complex predicate formation, which allow for the classificatory use of closed class of verbs' ; includes overt event classification, syntactic behaviour of coverbs and verbs, structure of simple and complex verbs, meaning and use of closed class verbs and grammatical features of Jaminjung and Ngaliwurru.
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