1. Identifying Salient Aktionsart Properties in Anindilyakwa
- Author
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James Bednall, Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle (LLF UMR7110), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP)
- Subjects
060201 languages & linguistics ,Linguistics and Language ,Atomicity ,Computer science ,Language and Literature ,aspect ,Telicity ,06 humanities and the arts ,Semantics ,Language and Linguistics ,Linguistics ,Focus (linguistics) ,Australian Indigenous languages ,030507 speech-language pathology & audiology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Salient ,0602 languages and literature ,Aktionsart ,Identification (biology) ,Dynamism ,[SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics ,0305 other medical science ,semantics ,Anindilyakwa - Abstract
International audience; This article considers the identification and classification of salient Aktionsart properties in Anindilyakwa (Gunwinyguan, Australia). Through examining the grammatically permissible (and impermissible) distribution and co-occurrence of various temporal adverbials and morpho-syntactic structures, I identify key Aktionsart properties exhibited in Anindilyakwa. I demonstrate that the properties of dynamism and atomicity are particularly important to consider in this language, while telicity is less prominent. The detailed description and analysis of Aktionsart properties in this article contributes towards a more nuanced understanding of the aspectuo-temporal system of Anindilyakwa. In addition, it provides novel perspectives with which to consider cross-linguistic aspectuo-temporal research, particularly with a focus on smaller-scale, under-described languages.
- Published
- 2021