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Caddo Verb Morphology

Author : Lynette R. Melnar
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803232204
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (322 download)

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Book Synopsis Caddo Verb Morphology by : Lynette R. Melnar

Download or read book Caddo Verb Morphology written by Lynette R. Melnar and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of European contact with Native communities, the Caddos (who call themselves the Hasinai) were accomplished traders living in the southern plains. Their communities occupied parts of present-day Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. It was early Spanish explorers who named a part of this territory ?Texas,? borrowing the Caddo word for ?friend.? Today there are approximately thirty-five hundred Caddos, most of whom live in Oklahoma. Their original language, which is related to the Plains languages?Pawnee, Arikara, Kitsai, and Wichita?is rapidly dying and is spoken only by a diminishing number of Caddo elders. Drawing on interviews with Caddo speakers, tapes made by earlier researchers, and written accounts, Lynette R. Melnar provides the first full-length overview and analysis of Caddo grammar. Because Caddo is an extremely complex language, Melnar?s clear description will be important to linguists in general as well as to those specializing in Native languages. Caddo Verb Morphology is an essential contribution to our understanding of the Caddos? traditional world in particular and of Native America in general.

Caddo Verb Morphology

Author : Lynette Renee Melnar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book Caddo Verb Morphology written by Lynette Renee Melnar and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Languages of Native America

Author : Lyle Campbell
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292768524
Total Pages : 1041 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Languages of Native America written by Lyle Campbell and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976. The contents are as follows: Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, "Introduction: North American Indian Historical Linguistics in Current Perspective" Ives Goddard, "Comparative Algonquian" Marianne Mithun, "Iroquoian" Wallace L. Chafe, "Caddoan" David S. Rood, "Siouan" Mary R. Haas, "Southeastern Languages" James M. Crawford, "Timucua and Yuchi: Two Language Isolates of the Southeast" Ives Goddard, "The Languages of South Texas and the Lower Rio Grande" Irvine Davis, "The Kiowa-Tanoan, Keresan, and Zuni Languages" Susan Steele, "Uto-Aztecan: An Assessment for Historical and Comparative Linguistics" William H. Jacobsen, Jr., "Hokan lnter-Branch Comparisons" Margaret Langdon, "Some Thoughts on Hokan with Particular Reference to Pomoan and Yuman" Michael Silverstein, ''Penutian: An Assessment" Laurence C. Thompson, "Salishan and the Northwest" William H. Jacobsen, Jr., "Wakashan Comparative Studies" William H. Jacobsen, Jr., "Chimakuan Comparative Studies" Michael E. Krauss, "Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut" Lyle CampbelI, "Middle American Languages" Eric S. Hamp, "A Glance from Now On."

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture

Author : Michael B. Montgomery
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469616629
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture written by Michael B. Montgomery and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture explores language and dialect in the South, including English and its numerous regional variants, Native American languages, and other non-English languages spoken over time by the region's immigrant communities. Among the more than sixty entries are eleven on indigenous languages and major essays on French, Spanish, and German. Each of these provides both historical and contemporary perspectives, identifying the language's location, number of speakers, vitality, and sample distinctive features. The book acknowledges the role of immigration in spreading features of Southern English to other regions and countries and in bringing linguistic influences from Europe and Africa to Southern English. The fascinating patchwork of English dialects is also fully presented, from African American English, Gullah, and Cajun English to the English spoken in Appalachia, the Ozarks, the Outer Banks, the Chesapeake Bay Islands, Charleston, and elsewhere. Topical entries discuss ongoing changes in the pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar of English in the increasingly mobile South, as well as naming patterns, storytelling, preaching styles, and politeness, all of which deal with ways language is woven into southern culture.

New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South

Author : Michael D. Picone
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817318151
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South written by Michael D. Picone and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outgrowth of the Language Variety in the South III symposium, New Perspectives on Language Variety in the South: Historical and Contemporary Approaches comprises forty-five original essays on a range of topics regarding the languages and dialects of the American South. Book jacket.

The Oxford Handbook of Polysynthesis

Author : Michael Fortescue
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199683204
Total Pages : 1089 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Polysynthesis written by Michael Fortescue and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 1089 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers an extensive crosslinguistic and cross-theoretical survey of polysynthetic languages, in which single multi-morpheme verb forms can express what would be whole sentences in English. These languages and the problems they raise for linguistic analyses have long featured prominently in language descriptions, and yet the essence of polysynthesis remains under discussion, right down to whether it delineates a distinct, coherent type, rather than an assortment of frequently co-occurring traits. Chapters in the first part of the handbook relate polysynthesis to other issues central to linguistics, such as complexity, the definition of the word, the nature of the lexicon, idiomaticity, and to typological features such as argument structure and head marking. Part two contains areal studies of those geographical regions of the world where polysynthesis is particularly common, such as the Arctic and Sub-Arctic and northern Australia. The third part examines diachronic topics such as language contact and language obsolence, while part four looks at acquisition issues in different polysynthetic languages. Finally, part five contains detailed grammatical descriptions of over twenty languages which have been characterized as polysynthetic, with special attention given to the presence or absence of potentially criterial features.

The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory

Author : Jenny Audring
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199668981
Total Pages : 751 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory written by Jenny Audring and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Morphology, the science of words, is a complex theoretical landscape, where a multitude of frameworks, each with their own tenets and formalism, compete for the explanation of linguistic facts. The Oxford Handbook of Morphological Theory is a comprehensive guide through this jungle of morphological theories. It provides a rich and up-to-date overview of theoretical frameworks, from Structuralism to Optimality Theory and from Minimalism to Construction Morphology...

Morphological Metatheory

Author : Daniel Siddiqi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 902726712X
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Morphological Metatheory written by Daniel Siddiqi and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of morphology is particularly heterogeneous. Investigators differ on key points at every level of theory. These divisions are not minor issues about technical implementation, but rather are foundational issues that mold the underlying anatomy of any theory. The field has developed very rapidly both theoretically and methodologically, giving rise to many competing theories and varied hypotheses. Many drastically different and often contradictory models and foundational hypotheses have been proposed. Theories diverge with respect to everything from foundational architectural assumptions to the specific combinatorial mechanisms used to derive complex words. Today these distinct models of word-formation largely exist in parallel, mostly without proponents confronting or discussing these differences in any major forum. After forty years of fast-paced growth in the field, morphologists are in need of a moment to take a breath and survey the drastically different points of view within the field. This volume provides such a moment.

The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence

Author : Jochen Trommer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199573727
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Morphology and Phonology of Exponence written by Jochen Trommer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the common problems, questions and solutions of exponence, this book contains contributions from leading specialists who formulate a coherent research programme which integrates the central insights of the last decades and provides challenges for the future.

Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases

Author : Paul Portner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110587300
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases by : Paul Portner

Download or read book Semantics - Noun Phrases and Verb Phrases written by Paul Portner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain a deeper understanding of essential research on the semantics of noun phrases and verb phrases. Clear explanations of significant recent research bring complex issues to life, with expert guidance on topics of debate within the field. The book gives readers valuable insights into topics such as definiteness, specificity, genericity aspect, aktionsart and mood. It also discusses directions for future research. Written by a world-class team of authors, these highly cited articles are here in paperback for the first time since their original publication. An essential reference for researchers in the area.

Irregularity in Morphology (and beyond)

Author : Thomas Stolz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3050059583
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Book Synopsis Irregularity in Morphology (and beyond) by : Thomas Stolz

Download or read book Irregularity in Morphology (and beyond) written by Thomas Stolz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irregularity is a philological concept which is not adequately defined. The present volume aims to improve the understanding of irregularity within the domain of morphology, relating to inflectional, derivation, and compounding. Studies aim to discover the potential regularity behind irregularities, the fact or hypothesis that regular (sound) change produces irregularity (Sturtevant's Paradox), the nature of paradigms (esp. suppletion and overabundance), and the interplay of irregular morphology with syntax and pragmatics. Perspectives are synchronic and diachronic. A few studies approach irregularity from the psycholinguistic point of view (issues of memory and acquisition). Languages studied include Latin and its daughter languages French, Catalan and Italian, but also English, German, Greek, Russian, Turkish, Thompson Salish, and the Iroquoian languages. Theories discussed include Canonical Typology, Distributed Morphology, Whole Word Morphology, Minimalism, and the Procedural/Declarative Model.

The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America

Author : Carmen Dagostino
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110712741
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America by : Carmen Dagostino

Download or read book The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America written by Carmen Dagostino and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-12-18 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides broad coverage of the languages indigenous to North America, with special focus on typologically interesting features and areal characteristics, surveys of current work, and topics of particular importance to communities. The volume is divided into two major parts: subfields of linguistics and family sketches. The subfields include those that are customarily addressed in discussions of North American languages (sounds and sound structure, words, sentences), as well as many that have received somewhat less attention until recently (tone, prosody, sociolinguistic variation, directives, information structure, discourse, meaning, language over space and time, conversation structure, evidentiality, pragmatics, verbal art, first and second language acquisition, archives, evolving notions of fieldwork). Family sketches cover major language families and isolates and highlight topics of special value to communities engaged in work on language maintenance, documentation, and revitalization.

1994 Mid-America Linguistics Conference Papers

Author : Frances Ingemann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1994 Mid-America Linguistics Conference Papers written by Frances Ingemann and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Morphology at the Interfaces

Author : Jason D. Haugen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027255006
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (55 download)

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Book Synopsis Morphology at the Interfaces by : Jason D. Haugen

Download or read book Morphology at the Interfaces written by Jason D. Haugen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph addresses morphology and its interfaces with phonology and syntax by examining comparative data from the Uto-Aztecan language family, and analyses involving reduplication as well as noun incorporation and related derivational morphology are provided within the framework of Distributed Morphology. Reduplication is treated by analyzing reduplicative morphemes (reduplicants) as morphological pieces (Vocabulary Items) inserted into syntactic slots at Morphological Structure. Noun incorporation constructions are analyzed as involving either incorporation (head movement in syntax, a la Baker 1988), or conflation, involving direct merger of a nominal root into verbal position (a la Hale and Keyser 2002). It is argued that denominal verb constructions should be treated as a sub-case of NI, as in Hale and Keyser (1993). Finally, the historical development of the polysynthesis parameter in Nahuatl is discussed, and a reconstruction of the likely stages of development, each of which is attested elsewhere in the family, is presented.

Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World

Author : Simone Mattiola
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027262586
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Typology of Pluractional Constructions in the Languages of the World written by Simone Mattiola and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-04-24 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to give the first large-scale typological investigation of pluractionality in the languages of the world. Pluractionality is defined as the morphological modification of the verb to express a plurality of situations that can additionally involve a plurality of participants and/or spaces. Based on a 246-language sample, the main characteristics of pluractionality are described and discussed throughout the book. Firstly, a description of the functions that pluractional markers cross-linguistically express is presented and the relationships occurring among them are explained through the semantic map model. Then, the marking strategies that languages display to express such functions are illustrated and some issues concerning the formal identification are briefly discussed as well. The typological generalizations are corroborated showing how pluractional markers work in three specific languages (Akawaio, Beja, Maa). In conclusion, the theoretical conceptualization of pluractionality is discussed referring to the Radical Construction Grammar approach.

Indexicality

Author : Peter Juul Nielsen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110791439
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Indexicality by : Peter Juul Nielsen

Download or read book Indexicality written by Peter Juul Nielsen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers the first full-scale focused treatment of linguistic indexicality as a tool for analysis and explanation of the organization of linguistic structures. The book demonstrates the application of the concept of indexicality in the description of a broad range of linguistic phenomena, from the internal workings of morphology via relations within syntactic constructions to lexical and grammatical elements designed to hook on to features outside the clause in the interactional context. The book offers a focused treatment of the general nature of linguistic indexicality in the larger perspective of the semiotics of language, including examinations of domain-straddling indexical functions. It presents studies of the role of indexicality in synchrony and diachrony with descriptive cases from a number of languages from diverse language families and it examines the way indexicality enters into the mechanisms of change, including examinations of semiotic shifts from indexical to symbolic function and vice versa. The book is relevant for researchers and students in historical and synchronic linguistics from a variety of linguistic frameworks with an interest in the role of semiotics in linguistic analysis.

Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians

Author : David J. Wishart
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803298625
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians written by David J. Wishart and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until the last two centuries, the human landscapes of the Great Plains were shaped solely by Native Americans, and since then the region has continued to be defined by the enduring presence of its Indigenous peoples. The Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians offers a sweeping overview, across time and space, of this story in 123 entries drawn from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, together with 23 new entries focusing on contemporary Plains Indians, and many new photographs. ø Here are the peoples, places, processes, and events that have shaped lives of the Indians of the Great Plains from the beginnings of human habitation to the present?not only yesterday?s wars, treaties, and traditions but also today?s tribal colleges, casinos, and legal battles. In addition to entries on familiar names from the past like Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, new entries on contemporary figures such as American Indian Movement spiritual leader Leonard Crow Dog and activists Russell Means and Leonard Peltier are included in the volume. Influential writer Vine Deloria Sr., Crow medicine woman Pretty Shield, Nakota blues-rock band Indigenous, and the Nebraska Indians baseball team are also among the entries in this comprehensive account. Anyone wanting to know about Plains Indians, past and present, will find this an authoritative and fascinating source.