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The Internal Syntax of Lexical Suffixes in Bella Coola
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Saunders, Ross; Davis, Philip W. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1975
Where the lexical item is a body part, the lexical suffix substitutes for its entire content. (MSE)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Morphophonemics, Salish
Sibilants in Ventureno
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Harrington, John P. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Case (Grammar), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language)
The /-k/, /-m/ Problem in Yavapai Syntax
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Kendall, Martha B. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1975
The morphemes /-k/ and /-m/ function as nominal case endings and as verbal syntactic and derivational suffices. They are also polysemous rather than homophonous in Yavapai. Many verbal suffixes are accounted for by the referent-switching rule, indicating the subject of a verb in relation to the next highest verb. (SC)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Morphemes
Phonological Changes in Nahuatl: The Tense/Aspect/Number Systems.
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Dakin, Karen – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1979
Presents hypotheses about the effects of rules of sound change on the development of part of the verb inflectional system of Proto-Nahuatl. (AM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Tsimshian Connectives.
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Dunn, John A. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1979
Describes the connective suffixes used in Coast Tsimshian and Southern Tsimshian. (AM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies