Pointing Out Directions in Murrinhpatha

Pointing Out Directions in Murrinhpatha

Rather than using abstract directionals, speakers of the Australian Aboriginal language Murrinhpatha make reference to locations of interest using named landmarks, demonstratives and pointing. Building on a culturally prescribed avoidance for certain placenames, this study reports on the use of demo...

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Main Authors: Blythe Joe, Mardigan Kinngirri Carmelita, Perdjert Mawurt Ernest, Stoakes Hywel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-05-01
Series:Open Linguistics
Subjects:
Multimodal utterances
indexical reference
name avoidance
sequence organization
gesture and pointing
collaborative reference
epistemics
demonstratives
Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2016.2.issue-1/opli-2016-0007/opli-2016-0007.xml?format=INT

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