Abstract
This chapter describes the reflexive, reciprocal and adverbial emphatic markers mijelp, gija and miself in Barunga Kriol, the variety of the Australian Kriol spoken in Beswick/Wugularr (Top End, Northern Territory, Australia). These markers are interesting because their distribution has evolved in recent years, resulting in further and neater distinctions. Firstly, a typologically rare distinction between two types of reciprocals has emerged, where transitive verbs and “semi-transitive†verbs receive distinct reciprocal marking. This distinction could result from contact with other Kriol varieties, and represents an interesting pattern of contact-induced change, where no actual form or function is borrowed from the source language. Secondly, the reflexive and emphatic markers, which were originally quasi-identical, have evolved to become two (or more) welldifferentiated items.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Loss and Renewal: Australian Languages Since Colonisation |
Editors | Felicity Meakins and Carmel O'Shannessy |
Place of Publication | Boston/Berlin |
Publisher | De Gruyter Mouton |
Pages | 297-332pp |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9781614518877 |
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Publication status | Published - 2016 |