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Musqueam reference grammar /

Here is the long-awaited grammar of the Musqueam dialect of Halkomelem, which Wayne Suttles began work on in the late 1950s. The Musqueam people are the First Nation whose aboriginal territory includes much of the Fraser Delta and the city of Vancouver. Halkomelem, one of the twenty-three languages...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suttles, Wayne P., 1918-2005
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Vancouver, B.C. : UBC Press, ©2004.
Colección:First nations languages.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Phonology
  • Synopsis of Morphology
  • Syntax 1: Simple Sentences
  • Syntax 2: Complex Sentences
  • Syntax 3: Compound Sentences
  • Syntax 4: Negation
  • Morphology of the Root 1: The Verb
  • Morphology of the Root 2: The Noun
  • Morphology of the Root 3: Adjectives and Adjective-like Words
  • Non-Personal Affixes 1: Voice
  • Non-Personal Affixes 2: Aspectual and Modal Affixes
  • Non-Personal Affixes 3: Derivational Affixes
  • Non-Personal Affixes 4: Lexical Suffixes
  • Person Markers
  • The Demonstrative System
  • Predicate Particles and Tags
  • Interrogative Words
  • Adverbs and Adverbial and Modal Words and Phrases
  • Numerals
  • Exclamations and Interjections
  • Kinship Terms
  • Space and Time
  • Sample Texts
  • Index of Grammatical Elements and Lexical Affixes
  • Names of Places and Peoples
  • A History of Work on Halkomelem
  • Bibliography
  • Index