The historical development of pronoun paradigms in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12059129 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Dench (0000-0002-1374-5680, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 155-191 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0726-8602 • E-ISSN: 1469-2996 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07268609408599508 |
| OpenAlex | W1987506922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper presents a detailed account of the changes affecting pronoun paradigms in a sample of thirteen languages of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The reconstruction demonstrates a number of interesting diachronic trends including analogical levelling, the loss and later reintroduction of inclusive/exclusive person categories and the waxing and waning of nominative/ergative case syncretisms. In addition, it appears that many of the changes are the result of pattern diffusion. Taken together, the changes detailed in this study present a rich catalogue of the kinds of changes which can be expected to have occurred in the development of Australian languages more generally
Ergative case · Geography · Linguistics · Nominative case · Pronoun · Verb · History · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 0.41 |
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| Citation span | 1997 - 2019 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |