Plains Cree Morphosyntax (RLE Linguistics F: World Linguistics)
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | Amy Dahlstrom | ISBN: | 9781317918042 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Amy Dahlstrom |
| ISBN: | 9781317918042 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book explores several topics in Cree morphology, syntax and discourse structure. Cree, an Algonquian language, is non-configurational: the grammatical relations of subject and object are not expressed by word order or other constituent structure relations, as they are in a configurational language like English. Instead, subjects and objects are expressed by means of the inflection on the verb. Cree is typical of non-configurational languages in allowing a great deal of word order variation. This study examines in detail aspects of the Plains Cree dialect, giving a valuable insight into the structure of this endangered language.
This book explores several topics in Cree morphology, syntax and discourse structure. Cree, an Algonquian language, is non-configurational: the grammatical relations of subject and object are not expressed by word order or other constituent structure relations, as they are in a configurational language like English. Instead, subjects and objects are expressed by means of the inflection on the verb. Cree is typical of non-configurational languages in allowing a great deal of word order variation. This study examines in detail aspects of the Plains Cree dialect, giving a valuable insight into the structure of this endangered language.
