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Hardcover. In Navajo, verbs are the building blocks of meaning. This dictionary provides conjugations for almost sixty percent of various Navajo verbs with English translations. It is arranged in alphabetical order by the verb roots in Navajo and sample sentences of each verb are included as separate listings. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 215 x 23. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826321732
- ISBN
- 9780826321732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.88
€ 96.88
Paperback. This descriptive reference grammar of Nishnaabemwin (Odawa and Eastern Ojibwe) includes extensive descriptive treatment of phonology, orthography, inflectional morphology, derivational morphology, and major structural and functional syntactic categories. Num Pages: 992 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 175 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1870.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802083890
- ISBN
- 9780802083890
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.78€ 58.23
€ 59.78
€ 58.23
Paperback. This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure. Series: UC Publications in Linguistics. Num Pages: 183 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 2JN; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 12. Weight in Grams: 458.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520098411
- ISBN
- 9780520098411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.79
€ 41.99
€ 29.79
Hardback. Examines the challenging subject of discoursemarkers in Ojibwe, one of the many indigenous languages in the Algonquian family. Ojibwe Discourse Markers is a remarkable study that interprets and describes the Ojibwe language in its broader theoretical concerns in the field of linguistics. Num Pages: 222 pages, 1 glossary. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CFG; JFSL9; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803299337
- ISBN
- 9780803299337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.57
€ 80.57
Paperback. 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 coast. This volume gives readers a sense of the complexity and variety of Yup'ik tools and technology. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Meade, Marie. Num Pages: 360 pages, 60 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2JN; CF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 180 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1044.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987804
- ISBN
- 9780295987804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.79
€ 47.79
Hardcover. Examines the songs and dances involved in public ceremonies of the Wabanaki Confederacy, a coalition of five Algonquian First Nations that figured importantly in the political history of New England and the Maritimes from the seventeenth century on. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2J; AVGH; HRLF; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558497184
- ISBN
- 9781558497184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.42
€ 73.42
Hardback. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478. Children and Change in a Caribbean Village. 252 pages, 20 ills & tables, 3 maps. Over several generations, villagers of Dominica have been shifting from Patwa, an Afro-French creole, to English, the official language. Despite government efforts at Patwa revitalization and cultural heritage tourism, rural caregivers and teachers prohibit children from speaking Patwa in their presence. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1KJWWD; 2JS; CFB; JFSP1; JHMC. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 266
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857457608
- ISBN
- 9780857457608
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.93
€ 158.93
Hardcover. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: 2A; 2JNB; CFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 166 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772895291
- ISBN
- 9788772895291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.71€ 60.32
€ 79.71
€ 60.32
paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2J; DSB; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714529677
- ISBN
- 9780714529677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.12
€ 15.99
€ 15.12
Paperback. Based on extensive fieldwork, this text uses a semiotic approach to investigate the historic and contemporary role of the Sequoyan syllabury - the written system for representing the sounds of the Cherokee language. It also explores the role of this language in the context of tourism. Num Pages: 240 pages, 14 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2JNG; CFA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 299.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807853764
- ISBN
- 9780807853764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Paperback. First published compilation by the Squamish Nation of Skwxwu7mesh Snichim Editor(s): Jacobs, Peter; Jacobs, Damara. Num Pages: 390 pages, 1 bw photos, 1 color photos, 1 maps,. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2JN; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 664.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990224
- ISBN
- 9780295990224
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.17
€ 50.99
€ 46.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Dunn, John Asher. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2JN; CBD; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 590.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295974194
- ISBN
- 9780295974194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.32
€ 36.99
€ 35.32
Paperback. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island High School in southwest Alaska. This book records one elder's attempt to create a moral universe for future generations through stories about the special knowledge of the Yupik people. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Shield, Sophie. Num Pages: 856 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 2JN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 953.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 856
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295983509
- ISBN
- 9780295983509
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 46.17
€ 50.99
€ 46.17
Paperback. Editor(s): Gross, Joan. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWR; 2JN; CJA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 245.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870711930
- ISBN
- 9780870711930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.50
€ 26.99
€ 22.50
Paperback. The Wyandot were born of two Wendat peoples encountered by the French in the first half of the seventeenth century and their history is fragmented by their dispersal between Quebec, Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This book weaves these fragmented histories together, with a focus on the mid-eighteenth century. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; CJB; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771122009
- ISBN
- 9781771122009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.94
€ 50.94
Hardback. This timely book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. Series: First Nations Language Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2JN; CFH; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774806251
- ISBN
- 9780774806251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.04
€ 167.04
Hardcover. In his latest study of the Navajo language, Professor Robert W. Young tackles the obstacle that Navajo appears to be a verb-centered language in which all the verbs are ""irregular"". Num Pages: 329 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2JND; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1182.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826321725
- ISBN
- 9780826321725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.06
€ 98.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 452 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 2JND; CJBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 205 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826319029
- ISBN
- 9780826319029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.65
€ 79.65
Paperback. Offers a timely account of Native American literature and the critical writings that have grown up around it. Arnold Krupat considers racial and cultural "essentialism", the ambiguous position of non-Native critics in the field, cultural "sovereignty" and "property", and the place of Native American culture in a so-called multicultural era. Num Pages: 149 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2JN; DSA; DSB; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 9. Weight in Grams: 279.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780803277861
- ISBN
- 9780803277861
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.24
€ 18.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 398 pages, 6 color illustrations, 116 black-and-white illustrations, 49 color photographs, 20 black-. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; 2JN; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023685
- ISBN
- 9780884023685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.17€ 58.02
€ 63.17
€ 58.02