The rise of case suffixes as discourse markers in Jingulu—a case study of innovation in an obsolescent language

Australian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-240

  Pensalfini, Rob ^a  

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EID: 84937186044     PISSN: 07268602     EISSN: 14692996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07268609908599582     Document Type: Article

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20. The ideas in this paper owe a lot to discussions I have had with colleagues, teachers, and students. I would particularly like to thank Nancy Dorian, Patrick McConvell, Ken Hale, Danny Fox, Jonathan Bobaljik, liana Mushin, Jerry Sadock, and Kathryn Flack, as well as audience members at the 1996 meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. I was partially supported in my work by a Hackett Studentship from the University of Western Australia, and my fieldwork was supported in a number of ways by the Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Papulu Apparr-kari, Diwurruwurru-jaru, the Institute for Aboriginal Development and Gurungu Council. Abbreviations used in glosses:1, 2, 3 first, second, third personsg, dl, pl singular, dual, plural numberinc, exc inclusive, exclusive referenceS, O, Obj subject, object, objectm, f, n, v masculine, feminine, neuter, vegetable genderNOM, ACC, ERG, DAT, GEN nominative, accusative, ergative, dative, genitive caseLOC, ALL locative, allative role/caseFOC contrastive focus/discourse prominenceDEM demonstrativeFUT, dist future, distant past tenseHAB habitual aspectIRR, IMPV irrealis, imperative moodINV, REFL inverse, reflexive morphemeNOML nominalising suffix