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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics |
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Routledge library editions. Linguistics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Background on Cree; 2. Overview of following chapters; Chapter 2. Inflection; 1. Noun inflection; 1.1. Gender and number; 1.2. Obviation; 1.3. Locative case; 1.4. Possession; 2. General organization of verb inflection; 2.1. Stem classes; 2.2. Inflectional orders; 2.2.1. Motivation for grouping paradigms into orders; 2.2.2. Remarks on e·= and ka·=; 2.3. Sample paradigms; 2.4. Inflectional template and affix chart |
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2.5. General morphophonemic rules2.5.1. Palatalization; 2.5.2. Contraction; 2.5.3. Deletion; 2.5.4. Nasals become h; 3. Animate Intransitive; 3.1. Non-third person subjects; 3.2. Third person subjects; 4. Inanimate Intransitive; 5. Transitive Inanimate; 5.1. Theme signs; 5.2. Subject inflection; 6. Transitive Animate; 6.1. Mixed set; 6.2. Non-third person set; 6.3. Third person set; 6.4. TA inanimate subject forms; 6.5. Passives of TA verbs; 7. Departures from Wolfart 1973; Chapter 3. Direct, inverse, and passive verbs; 1. Valence and word order; 1.1. Direct and inverse verbs; 1.2. Passive |
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2. A test for subject: copying to object3. Tests for object; 3.1. Copying to object; 3.2. Floated quantifiers; 3.2.1. V' constituents; 3.2.2. Quantifiers in V'; 3.2.3. Other discontinuous NPs; 4. Summary; Chapter 4. Obviation; 1. Syntactic conditions; 2. Uses of obviation in narrative; 2.1. Single proximate; 2.2. Multiple proximates; Chapter 5. Lexical processes; 1. Overview of Lexical-Functional Grammar; 2. A model of inflection; 3. Lexical processes; 3.1. Parts of the verb stem; 3.2. Valence-changing rules; 3.3. Obliques; 3.4. Secondary predicates; Appendix: 'A Brave Boy'; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This book explores several topics in Cree morphology, syntax and discourse structure. Cree, an Algonquian language, is non-configurational: the grammatical relations of subject and object are not expressed by word order or other constituent structure relations, as they are in a configurational language like English. Instead, subjects and objects are expressed by means of the inflection on the verb. Cree is typical of non-configurational languages in allowing a great deal of word order variation. This study examines in detail aspects of the Plains Cree dialect, giving a valuable insight into |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Cree language -- Morphology
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Cree language -- Syntax
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Cree language -- Discourse analysis
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
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Cree language -- Morphology
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Cree language -- Syntax
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317918042 |
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1317918045 |
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