{"product_id":"a-grammar-of-nakoda-assiniboine-linda-a-cumberland-9781496242839","title":"A Grammar of Nakoda (Assiniboine)","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Grammar of Nakoda (Assiniboine)\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete grammar of the Native American language Assiniboine, also known by the endonym Nakoda, a member of the Siouan language family. It addresses all major grammatical categories, including phonology, nouns, verbs, adverbs, enclitics, determiners, syntax, and kinship terminology. It also includes groundbreaking analysis of motion verbs of coming and going, demonstrating that such verbs compose a closed system that is consistent in varying degrees across all Siouan languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past century and a half, the classification of the Assiniboine language has suffered due to a complicated history regarding the Dakotan branch of the Siouan language family. Once spoken over a vast contiguous area of the northern plains, Assiniboine\/Nakoda is used today among the Assiniboine people in and around Fort Belknap and Fort Peck in Montana and in five reserves in Saskatchewan. \u003ci\u003eA Grammar of Nakoda (Assiniboine)\u003c\/i\u003e establishes the singular basis of the language while also relating its unique features to other Great Plains American Indian languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda A. Cumberland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496242831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496242839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Linda A. Cumberland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420184662271,"sku":"9781496242839","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_86a61c77-badf-47a9-a797-dc2b49709e58.jpg?v=1734633901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-grammar-of-nakoda-assiniboine-linda-a-cumberland-9781496242839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}