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Musqueam Reference Grammar.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: First Nations Languages SeriesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (628 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774850971
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Musqueam Reference GrammarDDC classification:
  • 497.94
LOC classification:
  • PM2264.Z8 -- S87 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Musqueam Reference Grammar -- 1 Phonology -- 2 Synopsis of Morphology -- 3 Syntax 1: Simple Sentences -- 4 Syntax 2: Complex Sentences -- 5 Syntax 3: Compound Sentences -- 6 Syntax 4: Negation -- 7 Morphology of the Root 1: The Verb -- 8 Morphology of the Root 2: The Noun -- 9 Morphology of the Root 3: Adjectives and Adjective- like Words -- 10 Non-Personal Affixes 1: Voice -- 11 Non-Personal Affixes 2: Aspectual and Modal Affixes -- 12 Non-Personal Affixes 3: Derivational Affixes -- 13 Non-Personal Affixes 4: Lexical Suffixes -- 14 Person Markers -- 15 The Demonstrative System -- 16 Predicate Particles and Tags -- 17 Interrogative Words -- 18 Adverbs and Adverbial and Modal Words and Phrases -- 19 Numerals -- 20 Exclamations and Interjections -- 21 Kinship Terms -- 22 Space and Time -- 23 Sample Texts -- Index of Grammatical Elements and Lexical Affixes -- Names of Places and Peoples -- A History of Work on Halkomelem -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Perhaps the fullest account of any Salish language, this is the long-awaited grammar of the Musqueam dialect of Halkomelem which was begun in the late 1950s.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Musqueam Reference Grammar -- 1 Phonology -- 2 Synopsis of Morphology -- 3 Syntax 1: Simple Sentences -- 4 Syntax 2: Complex Sentences -- 5 Syntax 3: Compound Sentences -- 6 Syntax 4: Negation -- 7 Morphology of the Root 1: The Verb -- 8 Morphology of the Root 2: The Noun -- 9 Morphology of the Root 3: Adjectives and Adjective- like Words -- 10 Non-Personal Affixes 1: Voice -- 11 Non-Personal Affixes 2: Aspectual and Modal Affixes -- 12 Non-Personal Affixes 3: Derivational Affixes -- 13 Non-Personal Affixes 4: Lexical Suffixes -- 14 Person Markers -- 15 The Demonstrative System -- 16 Predicate Particles and Tags -- 17 Interrogative Words -- 18 Adverbs and Adverbial and Modal Words and Phrases -- 19 Numerals -- 20 Exclamations and Interjections -- 21 Kinship Terms -- 22 Space and Time -- 23 Sample Texts -- Index of Grammatical Elements and Lexical Affixes -- Names of Places and Peoples -- A History of Work on Halkomelem -- Bibliography -- Index.

Perhaps the fullest account of any Salish language, this is the long-awaited grammar of the Musqueam dialect of Halkomelem which was begun in the late 1950s.

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