This book offers a comprehensive view of the morphology, syntax, and semantics of applicatives in Salish, a language family of northwestern North America. Applicative constructions, found in many poly
Sahaptin, or Ichishkiin Sinwit (literally, "this language"), is a Plateau Penutian language spoken in south-central Washington and northern Oregon. This dictionary documents the dialect of Sahaptin th
Based on Qunitero's work with the last few fluent speakers of Osage, this volume is the definitive lexicon for the language, including over 3000 main entries. Entries give full grammatical information
An extensive dictionary (almost 1800 pages) of the Upriver dialects of Halkomelem, an Amerindian language of B.C.,giving information from almost 80 speakers gathered by the author over a period of 40
A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language
James Hammond Trumbull was a prolific New England antiquarian and linguist. In connection with his research into the Native languages of New England, his discovery that some of the languages were high
This textbook provides advanced instruction on the language and culture of the Muskogee (Creek) and Seminole Indians. Innes (linguistic anthropology, U. of Wyoming, Laramie), and native speakers Alexa
An important member of the Muskogean language family, Chickasaw is an endangered language spoken today by fewer than two hundred people, primarily in the Chickasaw Nation of south-central Oklahoma. Le
A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee is the first dictionary ever published of a Caddoan language. Formerly an independent tribe living along the North Fork of the Loup River in central Nebraska, the Skiris
Lang (arts, U. of Ottowa) has written both a study and an historical account of the creation and development of the Chinook Wawa language, a combination of languages from American Indians of the north
The Arapaho Language is the definitive reference grammar of an endangered Algonquian language. Arapaho differs strikingly from other Algonquian languages, making it particularly relevant to the study
Despite years of intertribal contact, the American Indian peoples of northwestern California have continued to speak a variety of distinct languages. At the same time, they came to embrace a common wa
Stolz (Bremen U.), Bakker (Universities of Amsterdam and Lancaster), and Palomo (U. of Guam) present a collection ten papers focusing on aspects of Hispanization in the indigenous languages of the Ame
Yup'ik elders of southwest Alaska recall, "Our ancestors were never heavy with a tool kit." They carried in their minds what they needed to live rich lives in the harsh environment of the Bering Sea c
This is the first in a series of readers in the First Nations languages of the prairie provinces meant for language learners and language users. The stories in this volume come from a variety of sourc
