{"product_id":"a-grammar-of-nakoda-assiniboine-hardback-9781496242839","title":"A Grammar of Nakoda (Assiniboine) (Hardback) 9781496242839","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Grammar of Nakoda (Assiniboine)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda A. Cumberland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496242839\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e458 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, 45 tables, 10 charts, 7 appendixes\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Grammar of Nakoda (Assiniboine)\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding work that describes the phonological, grammatical, and syntactical structures of Nakoda, as well as some lexical peculiarities. Since this grammar is written within a descriptive framework, it is highly accessible and will be useful for both researchers and Nakoda-language teachers and students.”-Vincent Collette, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Concise Dictionary of Nakoda (Assiniboine)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The grammar presented here by Tųwį Linda is the foremost resource gathered and produced for the Nakoda language. Her work within Nakoda communities over decades has proven her determination to save a language. This resource, now updated, is an accurate and detailed grammar. Our tribe is forever grateful to Linda for her friendship and love.”-Kenneth “Tuffy” Helgeson (Lodge Pole Nakoda), a Nakoda instructor at Aaniiih Nakoda College and at Hays Lodgepole High School on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“I believe this will become the definitive grammar on Assiniboine, and as such, it will serve a very important role in language maintenance and revitalization programs.”-John Boyle, associate professor of linguistics at Fresno State University\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e List of Rules\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Phonology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Nouns and Pronouns\u003cbr\u003e 4. Kinship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Adverbs\u003cbr\u003e 6. Verbs\u003cbr\u003e 7. The KI Morphemes\u003cbr\u003e 8. Motion Verbs\u003cbr\u003e 9. Enclitics and Postverbal Particles\u003cbr\u003e 10. Determiners\u003cbr\u003e 11. Syntax\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Big Snake\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: ĮktÓmi and Fox\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: Crow Belt Ceremony\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D: Instrumental Prefixes\u003cbr\u003e Appendix E: Orthographic Equivalencies\u003cbr\u003e Appendix F: Idioms\u003cbr\u003e Appendix G: Consultants\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681226256664,"sku":"9781496242839","price":53.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-grammar-of-nakoda-assiniboine-hardback-9781496242839","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}