The Anatomy of Avoidance : A Full Study of Jalnguy, the Dyirbal ‘Mother-in-Law Language’ - R.M.W. Dixon - Libros - De Gruyter - 9783111463056 - 19 de mayo de 2025
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R.M.W. Dixon
The Anatomy of Avoidance : A Full Study of Jalnguy, the Dyirbal ‘Mother-in-Law Language’

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Speakers of Dyirbal in North Queensland, Australia, have an everyday language style which has been well described. They also have an avoidance style, called Jalnguy, which must be used in the presence of certain ‘tabooed kin’ such as the mother-in-law. Jalnguy has the same grammar and phonology as the everyday style, but the vocabularies are entirely different.

Jalnguy has only about one-sixth as many lexemes as the everyday style, with various techniques used to create a Jalnguy correspondent for each everyday style word. The underlying semantic system of Dyirbal is thus realised at two levels of generality and is revealed through detailed study of the correspondences between them. This monograph is the first comprehensive study of this in-law avoidance language, providing fascinating new insights into register variation and the complexities of kinship in Australian languages.

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Publicado 19 de mayo de 2025
ISBN13 9783111463056
Editores De Gruyter
Páginas 396
Dimensiones 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   689 g

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