Search: Start Page ➙ Language: Gooniyandi (gni) Alternative Names  Guniyandi, Guniandi, Gunian, Kunian, Kuniyan, Guniyan, Guniyn, Guniyan, Konejandi, Koneyandi, Kunan Family/Group  Australian, Bunaban Area  Australia and New Guinea General Data  • spoken in Australia • nearly extinct; speakers are shifting to Kriol Typological Information  no dominant word order Reduplication Form-Function  • full: pluralization, lexical enrichment • partial: pluralization, intensification, lexical enrichment Relationship Form-Function  various forms - various functions Reduplication System  • partial reduplication involves repetition of two syllables, so is distinguishable from full reduplication only when the root has three or more syllables (McGregor 1990: 237) Forms  Select Valueσ σσ root word   Functions  Select Valueintensification lexical enrichment pluralization Patterns  Select Valuefull partial Semantics  Select Valueintensity plurality   Word Classes  Select Value0 — adjective/adverb 0 — noun 0 — verb adjective/adverb — adjective/adverb noun — noun verb — verb   All Examples  ⊟ References McGregor, William 1990. A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company     Terminology    Glossary    Field Descriptions

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