Third International Workshop on Australian Aboriginal Languages
Third International Workshop on Australian Aboriginal Languages Max Planck Institute for
Psycholinguistics , Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Final programme
Convenor: David Wilkins, with David Nash and Jane
Simpson motion@mpi.nl Workshop announcement
Event representation, verb semantics and/or
argument structure in Australian Aboriginal languages
The discussion group on the first morning will examine patterns of
motion lexicalisation and motion description in Australian languages,
structured by a questionnaire (also
available as Word 5.1
file: questionnaire.rtf
There is a model answer to the first two modules of the questionnaire
for Arrernte: Arrernte.I-II.rtf two Warlpiri motion-rich text fragments , and an answer to all four modules for Jaminjung is available on request from Eva Schultze-Berndt .
Final programme
Day 1
David Wilkins On the subclassifcation and semantics of
motion verbs in Arrernte Abstract David
Nash Contrastive motion lexicalisation: Warlpiri and
Warlmanpa Abstract ---
Motion Workshop: discussion of results of motion questionnaire (including Rachel Nordlinger Thoughts on Wambaya motion )
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Jane
Simpson 'Greedy girl': convergent discourse patterns in
Central Australia Abstract Hennie Brugman MediaTagger: Macintosh-based video transcription Abstract
Day 2
Peter Austin Argument coding and clause linkage in Australian languages Abstract Eva Schultze-Berndt Closed-class verbs as classifiers
of events in Jaminjung Abstract Stephen Wilson Coverbs and complex predicates in
Wagiman (Honours thesis, Department of Linguistics, University of
Sydney, 1997) Abstract Edith
Nicolas Semantic comparison of Bunuba and Bardi verbal
classifiers: elements for a common semantic verbal classification
Abstract Bill
McGregor The Verb -ji ~ -ju ~ -j ~ -d(i) 'say, do' in
Nyulnyulan Languages Abstract Nick Evans How to learn 130 prefixes in an hour:
Regular polysemy in the pronominal argument paradigms of Dalabon and
Mayali. Abstract
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Date created: 15 March 1998
Last modified: 24 April 1998
© 1998 David Nash