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Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions

Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions

Berge, Anna

Hardcover

Series: Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas

Native American HistoryIndigenous Languages of the AmericasGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 0803216459
ISBN13: 9780803216457
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: Jul 1 2011
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.40 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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 study of Native languages.

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