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A grammar of Cupeño / Jane H. Hill.

Title
A grammar of Cupeño / Jane H. Hill.
Author
Hill, Jane H.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

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Description
xviii, 531 p.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
University of California publications in linguistics ; v. 136
Uniform Title
University of California publications in linguistics v. 136.
Subject
  • Cupeño Indians > California > Social life and customs
  • Cupeño language > California > Discourse analysis
  • Cupeño language > California > Morphology
  • Cupeño language > California > Syntax
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-519) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The language and its speakers -- Phonology -- Clitics and the auxiliary complex -- Morphology of the major word classes I : the verb -- Morphology of the major word classes II : the noun -- Morphology of small-class lexical items -- Derivational morphology I : verb constructions and denominal verbs -- Derivational morphology II : deverbal nouns and adjectives -- Major syntactic structures I : nominal constructions and discontinuous constituents -- Major syntactic structures II : copula, negatives, questions, comparatives -- Major syntactic structures III : clause combining in complex sentences -- Focus, transitivity, and point of view in Cupeno discourse -- App. A. Roots stressed on the second syllable or later -- App. B. Stressless roots -- App. C. Verb roots and thematic class attestations -- App. D. "Coyote eats his daughter"
ISBN
  • 0520246373 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 9780520246379
LCCN
^^2005028158
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Harvard Library