Plains Cree Morphosyntax Contributor(s): Dahlstrom, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138978507 ISBN-13: 9781138978508 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages |
Dewey: 497.323 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book explores several topics in Cree morphology, syntax and discourse structure. Cree, an Algonquian language, is non-configurational: the grammatical relations of subject and object are not expressed by word order or other constituent structure relations, as they are in a configurational language like English. Instead, subjects and objects are expressed by means of the inflection on the verb. Cree is typical of non-configurational languages in allowing a great deal of word order variation. This study examines in detail aspects of the Plains Cree dialect, giving a valuable insight into the structure of this endangered language. |