Langacker

[R. Rankin]

Well, we were going to have a comparative grammar
sketch attached to the dictionary.  Maybe we need
another workshop.  :-)              Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Koontz John E" <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
To: "Siouan List" <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 8:56 AM
Subject: Langacker


> To answer a question raised at the Siouan and Caddoan
> Conference by Mary
> Marino, my source for information on Uto-Aztecan
> absolutive marking was:
>
> Ronald W. Langacker.  1977.  An Overview of
> Uto-Aztecan Grammar.  Studies
> in Uto-Aztecan Grammar, Vol. 1.  SIL.  ISBN
> 0-88312-070-4.
>
> It would be wonderful to have something comparable
> for the Siouan
> languages, though it might be overkill for such a
> small language family.
> I think it would take a committee of Randy Graczyk or
> John Boyle and Bob
> Rankin to produce it!
>
> On reflection, I suppose it would be fair to say,
> too, "or just Hugh
> Matthews with time on his hands."
>
>