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Foreign Language Study Native American Languages

Blackfoot Grammar

Third Edition

by (author) Donald G. Frantz

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2017
Category
Native American Languages, General, Native American Studies
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487500863
    Publish Date
    Mar 2017
    List Price
    $89.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487520649
    Publish Date
    Mar 2017
    List Price
    $45.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487511968
    Publish Date
    Apr 2017
    List Price
    $35.95

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Although thousands of people in Alberta and Montana speak Blackfoot, an Algonquian language, their numbers are diminishing and the survival of Blackfoot is in danger.

 

Blackfoot Grammar, the companion volume to The Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes Third Edition, provides description and analyses of the major features of Blackfoot grammar and language structures. The changes throughout this third edition reflect approaches refined through years of teaching experience. A new appendix, featuring a lengthy Blackfoot text with interlinear English translation has been added, as well as numerous corrections and additions to every chapter. This third edition of Blackfoot Grammar will be a welcome resource not only for those who wish to learn the language, but for all those with an interest in Native Studies and North American linguistics.

About the author

Donald G. Frantz is a professor of Native American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge.

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Editorial Reviews

'It compiles a wealth of information in a single volume, which, together with the previously published dictionary, is a welcome addition to the field.’

Canadian Journal of Linguistics

‘… this work, which greatly increases the amount of readily available lexical material, is most welcome on both scientific and cultural grounds.’

Language and Linguistics

‘Frantz has addressed all of the important aspects of Blackfoot structure and in a way that is accessible to people who need or want to know about the language. His study is concise, clear, and largely accurate … an outstanding addition to the growing corpus of descriptions of Algonquian languages.’

American Indian Culture and Research Journal

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