The Lillooet Language: The Lillooet Language Phonology,Morphology,Syntax - Couverture rigide

Van Eijk, Jan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0774806257 ISBN 13 : 9780774806251

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 1997

Synopsis

This book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an Indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. The author discusses three major aspects of the language - sound system, word structure, and syntax - in great detail. The classical structuralism method of analysis, as developed in North America by Leonard Bloomfield and his followers, is used to look at every aspect of Lillooet in terms of its function and position within the whole structure of the language. Van Eijk explains terms and procedures in order to make the book accessible not only to the advanced linguist, but also to the undergraduate student with basic linguistic training. Written with great clarity and well organized, the book is illustrated with copious examples drawn from many years of fieldwork in St'át'imc territory.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan van Eijk is a professor in the Department of Indian Languages, Literature, and Linguistics at the First Nations University of Canada.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774806257
• ISBN 13: 9780774806251
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 300
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible