Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope
Subtitle: Word Formation in the Athapaskan Verb (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 9, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780521024501
Subjects: Morphology; Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Na-Dene & Athapascan (Athabascan) languages; Language; Native American Languages; Semantics; Athapascan languages--Verb phrase; Athapascan languages--Verb phrase Athapascan; Foreign Language Study-Native American Languages; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines-Semantics
First sentence: Athapaskan languages are often thought of as the ultimate challenge by linguists interested in issues of morphosyntax, and linguists working on these languages are alternately admired and pitied.