Innu Grammar by L. Drapeau

Arden Ogg arden.ogg at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jun 19 20:49:00 UTC 2014


Congratulations, Lynn! How wonderful to reach this milestone. I have added
a post to the Cree Literacy Network to help spread the word:
http://www.creeliteracy.org

Very best,
...Arden Ogg


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Drapeau, Lynn <drapeau.lynn at uqam.ca>
wrote:

>  APOLOGIES FOR CROSSPOSTINGS
>
> The *Presses de l'Université du Québec* is pleased to announce the
> publication of a grammar of Innu by linguist Lynn Drapeau. Written in
> French, the reference grammar of the language of the Innus (also known as
> Montagnais) is the first substantial description of this Algonquian
> language spoken in Northeastern Quebec and Labrador, Canada. It is aimed
> not only at the international linguistic community, but also seeks to fill
> the needs of Innu speakers and language workers. The grammar provides a
> description of nominals (nouns, pronouns, demonstratives, possessive
> constructions), of the verb and its categories (voice, modalities), of
> sentence structure as well as word formation. The grammatical description
> is illustrated by examples from several dialects of the Innu language using
> the standard orthography implemented by the Tshakapesh Institute. A
> complete guide of verbal conjugations is provided.
>
> Grammaire de la langue innue
> Lynn Drapeau
> Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2014, 680 pages
> ISBN 978-2-7605-3960-058.00$
> paper (hardcover)42.99$ e-book
> Order to : puq at puq.ca
> http://www.puq.ca/catalogue/livres/grammaire-langue-innue-2589.html
>
> Lynn Drapeau
> Département de linguistique
> Université du Québec à Montréal
>
>


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