This collection of 31 articles (dedicated to Margaret Langdon) represents the multitude of approaches to Native American languages taken by linguists today. Half of the essays treat Hokan languages, but Uto-Aztecan, Penutian, Muskogean, Iroquoian, Mayan, and other groups are also represented, with pieces on phonology, syntax, the lexicon, and discourse.
This collection of 31 articles (dedicated to Margaret Langdon) represents the multitude of approaches to Native American languages taken by linguists ...
Many indigenous American languages face imminent extinction, and the dictionary, often the only written documentation of these languages, stands as a powerful tool in preserving them. These essays, written by leading scholars in Native American language studies, provide a comprehensive picture of the theory and practice of Native American lexicography. The contributors discuss the technical, social, and personal challenges involved with the complex task of creating a dictionary of a Native American language. The book is also the first of its kind to address both standard and new issues...
Many indigenous American languages face imminent extinction, and the dictionary, often the only written documentation of these languages, stands as a ...
An important member of the Muskogean language family, Chickasaw is an endangered language spoken today by fewer than two hundred people, primarily in the Chickasaw Nation of south-central Oklahoma. Let's Speak Chickasaw Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli' is both the first textbook of the Chickasaw language and its first complete grammar. A collaboration between Pamela Munro, a linguist with an intimate knowledge of Chickasaw, and Catherine Willmond, a native speaker, this book is designed for beginners as well as intermediate students.
Twenty units cover pronunciation, word...
An important member of the Muskogean language family, Chickasaw is an endangered language spoken today by fewer than two hundred people, primarily ...
In this study the author not only comments on some of the important processes in the syntax of the Mojave language but also provides the reader with an introduction to a language whose grammar had, previous to the titles publication in 1976, never been described. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
In this study the author not only comments on some of the important processes in the syntax of the Mojave language but also provides the reader with a...
![Let's Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli' [With CD (Audio)] Munro, Pamela 9780806139265 University of Oklahoma Press](/9780806139265_lets_speak_chickasaw_chikashshanompa_kilanompoli_with_cd_audio.jpg "Let's Speak Chickasaw: Chikashshanompa' Kilanompoli' [With CD (Audio)]")
