Native Languages of the Southeastern United States

Native Languages of the Southeastern United States
ISBN-10
0803242352
ISBN-13
9780803242357
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
556
Language
English
Published
2005-01-01
Publisher
U of Nebraska Press
Authors
Janine Scancarelli, Heather Kay Hardy

Description

"Contributing linguists draw on their latest fieldwork and research, starting with a background chapter on the history of research on the Native languages of the Southeast. Eight chapters each provide an overview and grammatical sketch of a language, basing discussion on a narrative text presented at the beginning of the chapter. Special emphasis is given to both the fundamental grammatical characteristics of the language - its phonology, morphology, syntax, and various discourse features - and those sociolinguistic and cultural factors that affect its structure and use. Two additional chapters explore the various Muskogean languages (Creek, Alabama, Choctaw, Chickasaw), the only language family confined entirely to the Southeast.".

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