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A dictionary of Skiri Pawnee /

A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee is the first dictionary ever published of a Caddoan language. Formerly an independent tribe living along the North Fork of the Loup River in central Nebraska, the Skiris united with South Band Pawnee groups in the late eighteenth century, and in 1874-76 they were forced...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Parks, Douglas R. (Douglas Richard), 1942-
Other Authors: Pratt, Lula Nora, 1908-2001
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
North American Indian
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, ©2008.
Series:Studies in the anthropology of North American Indians.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Skiri Sound Key; Part One: Introduction; 1. Background and History; 2. Sounds and Alphabet; 3. Major Sound Changes; 4. Grammatical Overview; 5. Organization of the Dictionary; Part Two: English to Skiri Pawnee; Part Three: Skiri to English; Appendix 1: Illustrative Skiri Verb Conjugations; Appendix 2: Verb Roots with Irregular Dual or Plural Agents; Appendix 3: Kinship Terminology: Consanguineal and Affinal; References.