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Wilson, Stephen – 1999
Wagiman is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the northern part of the Northern Territory by about ten people. It possesses an unusual open class of words, which are called coverbs. Most frequently coverbs are paired with an inflecting verb from a closed class to form a complex predicate. This book provides a descriptive and analytical…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar