English-Lakota Dictionary / Edition 1

by Bruce Ingham

Overview

This dictionary of 12,000 entries aims to preserve Indian culture and at all points illustrate the use of words in examples, especially syntactic words, whose usage cannot be captured purely by giving an English equivalent. It provides depth as regards the usage of frequently occurring items and especially in the use of syntactic elements and usage in context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780700713783
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/19/2001
Edition description:	ILLUSTRATE
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

PREFACE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, LIST OF MAPS, LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, THE SOUNDS OF LAKOTA, INTRODUCTION, MAPS, HISTORY OF THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE, ENGLISH-LAKOTA DICTIONARY, APPENDICES, REFERENCES

Editorial Reviews

'The English to Lakota dictionary is a major contribution' - John Koonz, Siouanist

'The most comprehensive English-Lakota dictionary yet available...This dictionary is excellent: easy to use, highly informative, attractive and well-presented, and a landmark oin British Americanist research. No Siouanist should be without it.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

'The English to Lakota dictionary is a major contribution' - John Koonz, Siouanist

'The most comprehensive English-Lakota dictionary yet available...This dictionary is excellent: easy to use, highly informative, attractive and well-presented, and a landmark oin British Americanist research. No Siouanist should be without it.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

'This handsome volume fills the need for a comprehensive English-Lakota dictionary. Lakota is the second more important Native American language in the United States.' - International Journal of American Linguistics

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