Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Morphosyntax

Klappentext This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka)! a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island! British Columbia! Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation! word classes! and clause structure. The morphosyntactic regularities are examined in the context of general structural characteristics of the language in an attempt to contribute to the language an internally and typologically accurate understanding of Nuuchahnulth morphosyntactic structures. Zusammenfassung This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure.

Product details

• Authors: Toshihide Nakayama
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2002
• EAN: 9780520098411
• ISBN: 978-0-520-09841-1
• No. of pages: 183
• Series: UC Publications in Linguistics; University of California Publi; UC Publications in Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics