Algonquian made harder (was: Quapaw designation)

[Heike Bödeker]

At 09:50 04.02.04 -0500, Michael Mccafferty wrote:
>Well, explaining Algonquian was not Hockett's forte.

"What Alg. is really like" was an a bit idiosyncratic attempt at a reply to
a series of Pike/Ericson articles (which appeared somewhat earlier in
IJAL), but basically, to borrow from Navajo, it was "Algonquian made
easier", as a lot of complicating features were left out. So, e.g. reading
his Potawatomi grammar (which likewise had appeared in IJAL) is "Algonquian
made harder" and clarifying at the same time.

Best,

Heike