Dictionary of the Alabama Language - Softcover

Sylestine, Cora; Hardy, Heather K.; Montler, Timothy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477300708 ISBN 13: 9781477300701

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2014

Synopsis

The Alabama language, a member of the Muskogean language family, is spoken today by the several hundred inhabitants of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation in Polk County, Texas. This dictionary of Alabama was begun over fifty years ago by tribe member Cora Sylestine. She was aided after 1980 by linguists Heather K. Hardy and Timothy Montler, who completed work on the dictionary after her death.

This state-of-the-art analytical dictionary contains over 8,000 entries of roots, stems, and compounds in the Alabama-English section. Each entry contains precise definitions, full grammatical analyses, agreement and other part-of-speech classifications, variant pronunciations, example sentences, and extensive cross-references to stem entries. The Alabama-English section is followed by a thorough English-Alabama finder list that functions as a full index to the definitions in the Alabama-English section.

About this title

About the Author

Cora Sylestine was a lifelong educator in the Texas public schools. Heather K. Hardy and Timothy Montler are both associate professors of linguistics at the University of North Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1477300708
• ISBN 13: 9781477300701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 765