Plains Cree Morphosyntax (RLE Linguistics F: World Linguistics)

by Amy Dahlstrom

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138978508
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/26/2015
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Linguistics
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dahlstrom, Amy

Table of Contents

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