{"product_id":"natchez-analytical-dictionary-hardback-9781496240354","title":"Natchez Analytical Dictionary (Hardback) 9781496240354","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNatchez Analytical Dictionary\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\"\u003eGeoffrey D. Kimball (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496240354\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages, 6 photographs, 1 illustration, 131 tables\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“This dictionary will be a boon not only to language learners but also to the fields of linguistics, anthropology, ethnography, and Indigenous Studies, helping us understand more about these people of the great Mississippian culture of North America.”-David V. Kaufman, author of \u003ci\u003eClues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories: Language, Archaeology, and Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Natchez is not for the faint of heart, and Geoffrey Kimball not only shows mastery of the complexities but has managed to explain things cleanly and clearly. He has made sense of all historical layers of documentation, not a simple task, in light of what can be learned from the careful work of Mary R. Haas, and it is wonderful to see all of these facts assembled clearly in one place.”-Marianne Mithun, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Languages of Native North America\u003c\/i\u003e\n\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\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNatchez Analytical Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e Geoffrey Kimball offers the first comprehensive dictionary of the Natchez language, a now extinct Native American language originally spoken in the region surrounding Natchez, Mississippi, and finally in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Based primarily on the extensive fieldwork of world-renowned linguist Mary R. Haas, the dictionary also contains material collected earlier by linguists and anthropologists such as Victor Riste, John R. Swanton, Albert S. Gatschet, Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson, Albert Pike, and Albert S. Gallatin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Natchez language-whose lack of accurate available lexical material has perplexed modern linguists-has long been thought to be related to the Muskogean languages. Kimball’s \u003ci\u003eNatchez Analytical Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e fills this critical gap for comparative, historical linguistics.\u003cbr\u003e  \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 Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e The Natchez Speakers and the Linguists Who Worked with Them\u003cbr\u003e Isalakti\u003cbr\u003e Albert S. Gallatin\u003cbr\u003e Anonymous\u003cbr\u003e Albert Pike\u003cbr\u003e John Laslie\u003cbr\u003e Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson\u003cbr\u003e Albert Samuel Gatschet\u003cbr\u003e Creek Sam\u003cbr\u003e Charlie Jumper\u003cbr\u003e Watt Sam\u003cbr\u003e Nancy Raven\u003cbr\u003e Peggy Leaf\u003cbr\u003e John Reed Swanton\u003cbr\u003e Victor Riste\u003cbr\u003e Mary Rosamond Haas\u003cbr\u003e Discussion of Dictionary Entries\u003cbr\u003e Word Classes\u003cbr\u003e Alphabetical Order\u003cbr\u003e Pronunciation\u003cbr\u003e Word Division\u003cbr\u003e Indication of Data Sources\u003cbr\u003e Example Sentences\u003cbr\u003e Diachronic and Idiolectal Variation\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Natchez–English Dictionary\u003cbr\u003e Affixes\u003cbr\u003e Auxiliary Elements \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e English–Natchez Glossary \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":52685564215576,"sku":"9781496240354","price":50.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/natchez-analytical-dictionary-hardback-9781496240354","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}