17.3738, Books: Language Description: Mixco (fwd)

[Rankin, Robert L]

It's the one from about 10 yrs. ago in the Lincom sketch series.  I didn't have the published version, so I just ordered one.  With airmail shipping from Germany it comes to right at $40 U.S.  
 
Bob

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Is this a different book from the previous of the same title? Happy
Holidays!  Sara Trechter

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LINGUIST List: Vol-17-3738. Mon Dec 18 2006. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

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Title: Mandan
Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 159

Publication Year: 2006
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           http://www.lincom.eu <http://www.lincom.eu/> 

Author: Mauricio J. Mixco

Paperback: ISBN: 3895862134 Pages: 62 Price: Europe EURO 36.00


Abstract:

Mandan, sole member of one of the four branches of Siouan (within
Catawba-Siouan), has under 10 speakers, among some 200 tribal members.
Epidemics and inter-tribal warfare reduced these Missouri River
village-dwelling horticulturists, from 5000 to under 200 members by
1837.
With the Hidatsa (Siouan) and the Arikara (Caddoan), they constitute
today's, Three Affiliated Tribes Nation (Ft. Berthold Indian
Reservation;
North Dakota). Mandan has vocalic epenthesis, is notable for only 10
consonants, 9 vowels (plus length) and no nasal stops, despite nasal
spread
from 3 nasal vowels. Mandan is a verb-final, head-marking language, with
positional auxiliary verbs (sit, stand, lie) marking
tense-aspect-modality
(these auxiliaries also serve as classificatory NP determiners); other
auxiliaries mark diminutives, benefactives and causatives, etc.

Evidentiality, subject-number and other TAM distinctions are mostly
suffixal. The verb has active/stative, subject-object split-transitive
prefixation and distinguishes addressee gender in its illocutionary
suffixation. Coordinate and subordinate clauses suffix a three-way
distinction of realis vs. irrealis subject-continuity/switch-reference.



Linguistic Field(s): Language Description

Subject Language(s): Mandan (mhq)


Written In: English  (eng)

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