Plains Cree Morphosyntax (Rle Linguistics F: World Linguistics) - Volume 56

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 the structure of this endangered language.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Inflection 3. Direct, Inverse and Passive Verbs 4. Obviation 5. Lexical Processes. Appendix: ‘A Brave Boy’

About the author

Dahlstrom, Amy

Product details

• Authors: Amy Dahlstrom, Dahlstrom Amy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2013
• EAN: 9780415727495
• ISBN: 978-0-415-72749-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Algonkian (Algonquin) languages, Algonquian languages