The Athabaskan languages : perspectives on a Native American language family /

The Native American language family called Athabaskan has received increasing attention from linguists and educators. The linguistic chapters in this volume focus on syntax and semantics, but also involve morphology, phonology, and historical linguistics. Included is a discussion of whether religion...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Athabaskan Conference on Syntax & Semantics
Otros Autores: Fernald, Theodore B., Platero, Paul R.
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Colección:Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 24.
Temas:
Athapascan languages > Congresses.
Navajo language > Congresses.
Langues athapascan > Congrès.
Navajo (Langue) > Congrès.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Athapascan languages
Navajo language
Athapaskische talen.
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Semantics of Classification in Koyukon Athabaskan; 2. A Semantic Basis for Navajo Syntactic Typology; 3. Generalizations in Navajo; 4. Negative Polarity Expressions in Navajo; 5. Word Order in Apache Narratives; 6. The Negative/Irrealis Category in Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit; 7. On a Bipartite Model of the Athabaskan Verb; 8. Monadic Verbs and Argument Structure in Ahtna, Slave and Navajo; 9. The Semantics of the Navajo Verb Base; 10. Iconicity and Word Order in Koyukon Athabaskan; 11. Navajo as a Discourse Configurational Language.

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