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Synopsis
First published in 1980, this volume is the definitive dictionary and linguistic analysis of the Navajo language. In this revised edition, the entire grammatical section has been rewritten to include a wide range of linguistic information that will establish a foundation for future work in Navajo.
"[Robert Young and William Morgan] have made it possible to educate, communicate, inform, and entertain through the written Navajo language."--Navajo Tribal Council
"[The Navajo Language] is a unique contribution to American Indian linguistics and lexicography. [It is] a reference work of the highest quality, a book that is a rich resource for Navajo speakers, people learning to speak Navajo, and scholars interested in Navajo and Athabaskan linguistics."--International Journal of American Linguistics
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About the Author
Robert W. Young was professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and was an American linguist known for his pioneering work on the Navajo language in collaboration with Navajo scholar William Morgan. In July 1996, Young and Morgan were honored by the Navajo Nation Council for their work on the Navajo language. Young and Morgan collaborated on Analytical Lexicon of Navajo (UNMP).
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This, the Second Edition of The Navajo Language: A Grammar And Colloquial Dictionary, includes a wide range of additional linguistic information, developed since the appearance of the First Edition, in 1980. The entire grammatical section has been revised and rewritten, in expanded form, and additions to the appendix now include an article on Comparative Athapaskan along with a Navajo / Pre-Proto- and Proto-Athapaskan root inventory, based on comparative linguistic data prepared by linguists at the Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska; a stem index cross-referenced to the root inventory; a separate Navajo noun inventory, arranged by type; and an exhaustive set of model paradigms to which the verb prefix inventory, in the main body of the grammatical section is cross-referenced.
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- PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0826310141
- ISBN 13 9780826310149
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages1069
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