Athabaskan Language Studies

Athabaskan Language Studies
Author: Robert W. Young
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 518
Release: 1996
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780826317056

Many leading figures in the field of Athabaskan languages contributed to this volume, and their range of topics matches Robert Young's interests. Four papers deal with northern Athabaskan languages, which Young studied in the 1930s. The remaining essays focus on aspects of Navajo language and culture; Young has specialized in this area for over fifty years in collaboration with his mentor, William Morgan, Sr. Several essays present detailed analysis of verb and sentence structure in Navajo, two are studies of Navajo literacy, another examines Navajo philosophy, and one offers the first study of how children learn the complexities of the Navajo verb. Anyone interested in Navajo studies or Athabaskan languages will find these essays invaluable.

Studies in Language Variation

Studies in Language Variation
Author: Ralph W. Fasold
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1977
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780878402090

Many linguists have moved beyond the study of language isolated from its use and have examined the interaction of linguistic rules with the pragmatics of language in context. At the same time, many scholars have taken a sociological approach to the structure of conversation and other communicative events. A number of anthropologists are adding language variation to their traditional interest in language in relation to cultural phenomena. Linguists who work in semantics, syntax, and phonology have also expanded their interests to include language variation.From the Preface

Athabaskan Prosody

Athabaskan Prosody
Author: Sharon Hargus
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9027247838

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Witsuwit'en Grammar

Witsuwit'en Grammar
Author: Sharon Hargus
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 857
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0774841249

Witsuwit'en is an endangered First Nations language spoken in western-central British Columbia. A member of the Athapaskan family of languages, the language had been known to have some intriguing characteristics of consonant-vowel interaction, the details of which have been in dispute among scholars. Witsuwit'en Grammar presents acoustic studies of several aspects of Witsuwit'en phonetics, including vowel quality, vowel quantity, ejectives, voice quality, and stress. Information about the sound system and word structure of Witsuwit'en is also provided, revealing many unusual features not previously described in this level of detail for an Athapaskan language. Witsuwit'en has elaborate morphology, even by the standards of the Athapaskan language family. Witsuwit'en Grammar will be of interest to anthropologists interested in the history of the Athapasakan language family, linguists interested in comparative Athapaskan grammar, or any linguist interested in phonetics-phonology or phonology-morphology interaction.

Changing Valency

Changing Valency
Author: Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2000-02-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521660394

Distinguished scholars examine the phenomena of passives and causatives in languages from around the world.