| A Grammar of Cupeño: Volume 136 Contributor(s): Hill, Jane H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520246373 ISBN-13: 9780520246379 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $52.42 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: In one of the most thorough studies ever prepared of a California language, Hill's grammar reviews the phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse features of Cupeno, a Uto-Aztecan (takic) language of California. Cupeno exhibits many unusual typological features, including split ergativity, that require linguists to revise our understanding of the development of the Uto-Aztecan family of languages in historical and areal perspective. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages |
| Dewey: 497.45 |
| LCCN: 2005028158 |
| Series: University of California Publications in Linguistics |
| Physical Information: 1.43" H x 7.08" W x 10.02" (2.09 lbs) 550 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In one of the most thorough studies ever prepared of a California language, Hill's grammar reviews the phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse features of Cupe o, a Uto-Aztecan (takic) language of California. Cupe o exhibits many unusual typological features, including split ergativity, that require linguists to revise our understanding of the development of the Uto-Aztecan family of languages in historical and areal perspective. |