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1 online resource (xvii, 519 pages) |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Arapaho People and the Social Contexts of the Arapaho Language; 2 The Aims and Purposes of this Grammar; 3 The Arapaho Language Sources Used; 4 General Introduction to the Structure of the Arapaho Language; 5 Organization of the Grammar; PHONOLOGY; 1. Phonology; 1.1 Phonemes and Phonological Characteristics; 1.2 Intermorphemic Rules; 1.3 Pitch Accent; 1.4 Notes on Phonological Analyses in the Remainder of the Grammar; MORPHOLOGY-INFLECTION; 2. Inflection-Nouns; 2.1 Preliminary: Animacy and Inanimacy; 2.2 Plurals |
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2.3 Obviation2.4 Noun/Verb Agreement; 2.5 Possession; 2.6 Vocative; 2.7 Locative; 3. Inflection-Verbs; 3.1 Preliminary: Initial Change; 3.2 Affirmative Order; 3.3 Non-affirmative Order; 3.4 Imperative Order; 3.5 Conjunct Order; 3.6 Tense and Aspect; 3.7 Tense, Aspect, and Negation with Vowel-Initial Stems: Morpho-phonemic Details; 3.8 Conclusion; MORPHOLOGY-DERIVATION; 4. Derivation-Nouns; 4.1 The Base Noun Stem; 4.2 Derivational Suffixes; 4.3 Grammatical Initials, Prenouns, and Proclitics Used with Nouns; 4.4 Overall Morphosyntax of the Noun; 4.5 Deverbalisation Processes; 4.6 Verbal Nouns |
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5. Derivation-Verb Finals5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Preliminary Remarks: Grammatical vs. Semantic Transitivity; 5.3 Derivational Finals; 5.4 Secondary Derivation and Valence Shifting; 5.5 Passives; 5.6 Causation; 5.7 Rapid Action; 5.8 Multiple Secondary Derivational Finals; 5.9 Derivation from Verb to Noun and Noun to Verb; 5.10 Samples of Various Verb Stems Based on the Same Root; 6. Derivation-Verb Medials and Concrete Finals; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Object/Undergoer Construction; 6.3 Body Part Medials; 6.4 Instrumental Construction; 6.5 Mode of Action Construction; 6.6 Topic Construction |
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6.7 Sensation Construction6.8 Self-sensation Construction; 6.9 Natural Forces Construction; 6.10 Contrasting Independent and Dependent (Final) Verbs; 6.11 Dependent Verb Finals with Nominal-like Initial Elements; 6.12 Additional Nominal Incorporations; 6.13 Derivation of Additional Medials and Concrete Finals from Verbs; 7. Derivation-Denominalizations; 7.1 Possessive Construction; 7.2 'Have as a ... ' Construction; 7.3 Gathering/producing Construction; 7.4 Predicative Construction, 'to be a ... '; 7.5 Similative Construction, 'to be like a ... '; 7.6 Existential Construction, 'there is ... here' |
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7.7 Impersonal Verb8. Derivation-Reduplication; 8.1 Formation; 8.2 Semantics of Reduplication; 8.3 Multiple Reduplications-of Different Morphemes-in One Word; 8.4 Lexicalized Reduplications; 9. Derivation-Preverbs and Verb Initials; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Aspect; 9.3 Auxiliary/Modal Forms; 9.4 Qualifiers, Quantifiers, Intensifiers, and Delimiters; 9.5 Direction and Location; 9.6 Time; 9.7 Manner; 9.8 General Remarks on the Semantics of Arapaho Preverbs/Initials; 9.9 Unusual Verb Initial Roots; 9.10 Derivation of Additional Preverbs and Verb Initials; 9.11 A Derivational Sample |
| Summary |
The Arapaho Language is the definitive reference grammar of an endangered Algonquian language. Arapaho differs strikingly from other Algonquian languages, making it particularly relevant to the study of historical linguistics and the evolution of grammar. Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr. document Arapaho's interesting features, including a pitch-based accent system with no exact Algonquian parallels, radical innovations in the verb system, and complex contrasts between affirmative and non-affirmative statements. Cowell and Moss detail strategies used by speakers of this highly polysynthetic |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-504) and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Arapaho language -- Grammar
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Grammatik
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Arapaho.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Moss, Alonzo, Sr.
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| LC no. |
2008022137 |
| ISBN |
9780870819940 |
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0870819941 |
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1457110512 |
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9781457110511 |
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