{"product_id":"a-grammar-of-southern-unami-delaware-lenape-9780990334439","title":"A Grammar of Southern Unami Delaware (Lenape)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Grammar of the Southern Unami Dialect of the Delaware Language (Lenape): \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis grammar of the Southern Unami language describes the phonology, the inflectional and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ederivational morphology, and some aspects of sentence and discourse structure. It does not \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einclude a formal treatment of syntax. The treatment of these topics in Delaware Verbal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorphology (Goddard 1979) has been entirely recast, and there are now sections on additional \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etopics that substantially fill out the description of this often complex and idiosyncratic \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlgonquian language. The facts are presented discursively in small modules with examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe phonemic transcription has been improved by writing the phonemic contrast between \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe long and short fricatives between vowels and after \/n\/, and by greater consistency in writing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe marginally distinctive contrast between \/u\/ and the unrounded mid-central vowel, especially \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebefore \/w\/.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe extensive phonological alternations are illustrated with examples of morphological \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtexts in which they characteristically appear. Static words, syllables, and segments (which \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehave short phonemes inconsistent with the more usual phonological patterns) are treated. The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einflection of nouns, pronouns, and verbs is described and illustrated with extensive paradigms, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand particles, including enclitics, are treated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe processes of stem derivation are outlined for primary stems and for secondary stems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(those derived from another stem). The types of reduplication are described. Several kinds of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompounds are distinguished and illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe basic facts of sentence structure are presented, including the function of absolute and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eobjective transitive verbs (to mark distinctions of definiteness) and the use of oblique \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomplements and adjuncts. Other features discussed include verbless sentences, participles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(relative clauses), focus-fronting, discontinuous constituents, and gapping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouthern Unami is the heritage language of the Delaware Tribe of Indians (Bartlesville, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOkla.) and the Delaware Nation of Western Oklahoma (Anadarko).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10524858\"\u003eIves Goddard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mundart Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780990334439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0990334430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FOR\"\u003eForeign Language Study\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FOR031000\"\u003eIndigenous Languages of the Americas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mundart Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44540654354669,"sku":"9780990334439","price":33.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_209ce5d7-6d3c-48fb-85b1-165f26c4ca58.jpg?v=1701492168","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-grammar-of-southern-unami-delaware-lenape-9780990334439","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}