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Peer reviewedDench, Alan – Language in Society, 1987
Describes the functions of a verbal derivational suffix found in the Ngayarda languages of Western Australia. This suffix has a general "collective activity" meaning, but may be used to indicate the existence of a particular kin relationship between participants involved in the action described. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Kinship, Kinship Terminology
