TY - BOOK ID - 85770922 TI - The dynamics of nominal classification : productive and lexicalised uses of gender agreement in Mawng PY - 2016 SN - 1501501208 1614513694 1614514240 PB - Boston, [Massachusetts] ; Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Mouton, DB - UniCat KW - Maung language KW - Marung language KW - Mawng language KW - Mawung language KW - Gunmarung language KW - Gun-Marung language KW - Australian languages KW - Grammatical categories. KW - Gender. KW - Nominals. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85770922 AB - The use of grammatical gender in the Australian language Mawng calls into question prevailing ideas about the functions of nominal classification systems. Mawng’s gender system has a strong semantic basis and plays an important role in the construction of meaning in discourse. Gender agreement in verbs is frequently lexicalized, creating idioms called lexicalised agreement verbs that are structurally similar to noun-verb idioms. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in nominal classification or cross-linguistic approaches to idioms. ER -