36.397, Books: A grammar of Mandan: Kasak (2024)

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Subject: 36.397, Books: A grammar of Mandan: Kasak (2024)

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Date: 30-Jan-2025
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A grammar of Mandan: Kasak (2024)


Title: A grammar of Mandan
Series Title: Comprehensive Grammar Library
Publication Year: 2024

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/446

Author(s): Ryan Kasak

eBook

Abstract:

Mandan is a Siouan language of North Dakota, near the geographic
center of North America. There are no longer any first-language
speakers after the last fluent speaker passed away in 2016. This
grammar has been built from archival recordings of Mandan speakers
from the 1960s through 2010, plus field work by the author undertaken
between 2014 and 2016. The data from these various sources allowed for
an in-depth description of the key aspects of the grammar of Mandan
with special attention to the language’s complex verbal and nominal
morphology. This book also includes an overview of Mandan narrative
structure, culminating with an interlinear gloss of a traditional
Mandan narrative and its free translation into English. This grammar
is written to be used by as general an audience as possible, including
Mandan community members, scholars who wish to research Siouan
languages, linguistic typologists, historical linguists, and other
individuals who aim to conduct research on an indigenous language of
North America.

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Subject Language(s): Mandan (mhq)

Language Family(ies): North American Unclassified

Written In: English (eng)



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