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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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[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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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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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Signed by Young on the title page. Black cloth spine over blue boards. Modest rubbing to the boards, and dust soiling to the bottom page edges. Laid in is a typed ten page stapled essay from Young, titled An Analytical Approach to the Development of Effective Teaching Materials and Methodology in an Athapaskan Language. Robert W. Young, linguist, was born on May 18, 1912 in Chicago. He earned his BA from the University of Illinois in 1935, then enrolled in anthropology at the University of New Mexico (UNM) where he began a career working with the Navajo language. He was a Sergeant in the Marine Corps during World Was II, where he earned special merit as an Indian Interpreter,and where his fluency in Navajo was utilized in the testing and selection of Navajos trained as Code Talkers. He was employed by the BIA as a Specialist in Indian Languages, and then in Navajo Tribal Relations. He taught classes in Navajo linguistics at UNM. Young and William Morgan Sr. compiled The Navajo Language: A Grammar and Colloquial Dictionary, published in 1980. An Analytical Lexicon of Navajo by Young, Morgan, and Sally Midgette was published in 1992. Young compiled The Navajo Yearbook which was published annually during the 1950s. In 1989, Young wrote A Political History of the Navajo Tribe. Young's, The Navajo Verb System was published in 2000. ; 1069 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 26089
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