Fw: Uto-Aztecan comparative grammar.
R. Rankin
rankin at ku.edu
Sat Jun 25 15:24:42 UTC 2005
There were additional Uto-Aztecan grammars, or
sketches, at least, published using Langacker's model.
Jane Hill sends the following.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
> Dear Bob, After the prolegomena volume, 3 -- or
> maybe it was 4 -- more volumes
> came out, each containing 2 or 3 grammatical sketches
> following Langacker's
> model. They run north to south -- the first has a
> sketch of Northern Paiute
> and (what?), the Second is Tohono O'odham/Papago and
> Northern Tepehuan, the
> third is the one I don't have, the last is on several
> Aztecan varieties. They
> are out of print, unfortunately but they were under
> Langacker's editorship so
> you should be able to find them. These are useful
> sketches and in some cases
> they are the only comprehensive modern work on the
> languages involved so they
> do get a lot of use. At least I use them! (Although I
> am missing a crucial
> volume, the one that has Tarahumara, and something
> else -- maybe Cora or
> Huichol -- Wick Miller's grammar of Guarijio is sort
> of the substitute therebut
> it is not according to the Langacker model). One
> problem with them is that
> sometimes there were very interesting things going on
> in the languages that the
> Langacker model doesn't invite attention to -- but it
> is ever thus, our foci
> change.
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