ENG ELC 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Intransitive Verb, Locative Case, Walmajarri Language
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Study questions: explain the difference between the austronesian language family and the. Indigenous languages of australia - what can you say in terms of typological & genetic relations: take a look at the second example of guugu yimidhirr on p. 19 (the last four sentences on this page). Try to identify the meaning of the words gudaangun, nhina, nganhi, nhaadhi, nyundu, bayan, yugungun and dumbi. Can you come up with an interlinear translation for these four sentences: explain the terms transitive and intransitive with an own example. What are the differences to english or german patterns: the language alyawarra has a different approach to possession than e. g. english does. Explain the semantic and grammatical differences of the. Alyawarra system with the help of the following two examples: (a) my hand, (b) my dog: what can you say about the use of the question word who in many. This family is known for languages such as hawaiian, fijian,
