Nuuchahnulth (Nootka) Morphosyntax (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520098411)

This volume describes aspects of word- and sentence-formation in Nuuchahnulth (formerly known as Nootka), a language spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure. The morphosyntactic regularities are examined in the context of general structural characteristics of the language in an attempt to contribute to the language an internally and typologically accurate understanding of Nuuchahnulth morphosyntactic structures.

Author: Toshihide Nakayama
ISBN-10: 0520098412
ISBN-13: 9780520098411
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2002
Pages: 183
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 10.12h x 7.00w x 0.45d