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Item Details
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WITSUWIT'EN GRAMMAR
PHONETICS, PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY |
| By: |
Sharon Hargus |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£136.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774813822 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774813822 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 March, 2007 |
| Series: |
First Nations Languages |
| Pages: |
850 |
| Description: |
Witsuwit'en Grammar presents acoustic studies of several aspects of Witsuwit'en phonetics, including vowel quality, vowel quantity, ejectives, voice quality, and stress. |
| Synopsis: |
Witsuwit'en is an endangered First Nations language, spoken inwestern-central British Columbia. A member of the Athapaskan family oflanguages, the language had been known to have some intriguingcharacteristics of consonant-vowel interaction, the details of whichhave been in dispute among scholars.Witsuwit'en Grammar presents acoustic studies ofseveral aspects of Witsuwit'en phonetics, including vowelquality, vowel quantity, ejectives, voice quality, and stress.Information about the sound system and word structure ofWitsuwit'en is also provided, revealing many unusual features notpreviously described in this level of detail for an Athapaskanlanguage.Witsuwit'en has elaborate morphology, even by the standards ofthe Athapaskan language family. Witsuwit'en Grammar willbe of interest to anthropologists interested in the history of theAthapasakan language family, linguists interested in comparativeAthapaskan grammar, or any linguist interested in phonetics-phonologyor phonology-morphology interaction. |
| Publication: |
Canada |
| Imprint: |
University of British Columbia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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