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Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions
Anna Berge
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Hardback. A detailed study of West Greenlandic Eskimo, examining the effect that the role of a speaker has on syntactic structures. Series: Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas. Num Pages: 464 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; 2JNB; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803216457
SKU
V9780803216457
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About Anna Berge
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.
Reviews for Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions
"[Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions] is comprehensive, written with great clarity, and will be of considerable interest to scholars of syntax and linguists working on such polysynthetic languages."—Stephen Pax Leonard, Journal of Anthropological Research