10 Adjectives and time words

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Preface VII
4. Contents XI
5. Conventions and Abbreviations XIX
6. 1 An intriguing situation 1
7. 2 Social and linguistic background 12
8. 3 Grammar: general, gender, and verbals 32
9. 4 Grammar: nominals, nominalisations, and more 60
10. 5 Methodology, meanings, and exceptions 82
11. 6 Where the words came from 108
12. 7 Gathering it in 136
13. 8 Verbals 155
14. 9 Nouns 192
15. 10 Adjectives and time words 251
16. 11 Survey of avoidance speech styles in other Australian languages 278
17. 12 Typology and development 298
18. Texts in Jalnguy 317
19. Grammatical forms in common to the everyday (Guwal/Ngirrma; Ev) and avoidance (Jalnguy; Ja) speech styles of the Dyirbal-speaking nations 350
20. Glossary 355
21. References 363
22. Index 367
23. Books 371