Overview

The Lakota language is estimated to be spoken by 20,000 people mainly in the states of North and South Dakota. It is reckoned to be the second largest native language in the US after Navaho. This dictionary of 12,000 entries aims to preserve Indian culture and at all points illustrate the use of words in examples, especially syntactic words, whose usage cannot be captured purely by giving an English equivalent. It provides depth as regards the usage of frequently occurring items and especially in the use of syntactic elements and usage in context. The data-base for the dictionary is the various books written in Lakota, recorded Lakota texts in archives, textbooks on the language, previous dictionaries, ethnographic and anthropological studies which include Lakota texts, and, importantly, recordings which the author has acquired. An introduction contains the phonetics, the grammar and the history of Lakota.

Full Product Details

Author:   Bruce Ingham
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.720kg
ISBN:  

9780700713783

ISBN 10:   0700713786
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   19 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   English & Lakota

Table of Contents

Reviews

'The English to Lakota dictionary is a major contribution' - John Koonz, Siouanist<br><br>'The most comprehensive English-Lakota dictionary yet available...This dictionary is excellent: easy to use, highly informative, attractive and well-presented, and a landmark oin British Americanist research. No Siouanist should be without it.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

This handsome volume fills the need for a comprehensive English -Lakota dictionary. Lakota is the second most impotant Native American language in the Unite States. <br>- International Journal of American Linguistics <br> This book, clearly a labor of love, is the best English-Lakota dictionary available, and the easiest to use. most reliable, and most attractively produced of any of the Sioux dictionaries. <br>-Willem J. De Reuse, University of North Texas <br>

Author Information

Bruce Ingham

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions