Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas) - Hardcover

Berge, Anna

 
9780803216457: Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0803216459 ISBN 13: 9780803216457
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2011

Synopsis

West Greenlandic Eskimo, a part of the Eskimo-Aleut language family spoken all across the Arctic, is primarily found among the Native peoples of central west Greenland. In this highly nuanced study of West Greenlandic, linguist Anna Berge examines how the speaker's role affects syntactic structures within discourse. Also included are transcripts of conversations with fluent Native speakers, providing a practical context in which to examine these grammatical questions. This study was the winner of the prestigious Mary R. Haas Award, presented annually by the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, the highest award given in the study of Native languages.

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About the Author

Anna Berge is an associate professor of linguistics in the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the coauthor of Niigugis Mataliin Tunuxtazangis/How the Atkans Talk: A Conversational Grammar.

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0803216459
ISBN 13 
9780803216457
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
464