The Athabaskan languages : perspectives on a Native American language family / edited by Theodore B. Fernald and Paul R. Platero.
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Papers presented at or closely related to the Athabaskan Conference on Syntax & Semantics, held Apr. 25-28, 1996, Swarthmore College.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contributors; Introduction; 1. The Semantics of Classification in Koyukon Athabaskan; 2. A Semantic Basis for Navajo Syntactic Typology; 3. Generalizations in Navajo; 4. Negative Polarity Expressions in Navajo; 5. Word Order in Apache Narratives; 6. The Negative/Irrealis Category in Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit; 7. On a Bipartite Model of the Athabaskan Verb; 8. Monadic Verbs and Argument Structure in Ahtna, Slave and Navajo; 9. The Semantics of the Navajo Verb Base; 10. Iconicity and Word Order in Koyukon Athabaskan; 11. Navajo as a Discourse Configurational Language.
The Native American language family called Athabaskan has received increasing attention from linguists and educators. The linguistic chapters in this volume focus on syntax and semantics, but also involve morphology, phonology, and historical linguistics. Included is a discussion of whether religion and secular issues can be separated in Navajo classrooms.
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