A grammar of the Seneca language /

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The Seneca language belongs to the Northern Iroquoian branch of the Iroquoian language family, where its closest relatives are Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. Seneca holds special typological interest because of its high degree of polysynthesis and fusion. It is historically importa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chafe, Wallace L. (Author)
Other Authors: Austin, Alberta (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Iroquoian
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.
Series:University of California publications in linguistics ; v. 149.
Subjects:
Seneca language > Grammar.
Seneca (Langue) > Grammaire.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Grammatik.
Seneca-Sprache.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Phonetics and phonology
  • Verb morphology part 1 : the minimal verb
  • Verb morphology part 2 : the prepronominal prefixes
  • Verb morphology part 3 : expanded verb bases
  • Verb morphology part 4 : extended aspect suffixes
  • Noun morphology
  • Clitics
  • Kinship terms
  • Syntax part 1 : amplifying a pronominal meaning
  • Syntax part 2 : Amplifying a spatial, temporal, or modal meaning
  • Syntax part 3 : amplifying the meaning of an entire verb
  • Questions
  • Imperatives
  • Interjections
  • Example texts.

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