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OverviewWest Greenlandic Eskimo, a part of the Eskimo-Aleut language family spoken all across the Arctic, is primarily found among the Native peoples of central west Greenland. In this highly nuanced study of West Greenlandic, linguist Anna Berge examines how the speaker’s role affects syntactic structures within discourse. Also included are transcripts of conversations with fluent Native speakers, providing a practical context in which to examine these grammatical questions. This study was the winner of the prestigious Mary R. Haas Award, presented annually by the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, the highest award given in the study of Native languages. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anna BergePublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9780803216457ISBN 10: 0803216459 Pages: 464 Publication Date: 01 July 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly 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. Table of ContentsList of Tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Orthographic Conventions 1. Introduction; 2. Topic (and Theme) as Discourse Roles; 3. Ergativity as a Reflection of Topic Status; 4. Switch-Reference or Thematic Coherence and Topic Continuity?; 5. Conclusion Appendix; BibliographyReviews[Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions] is comprehensive, written with great clarity, and will be of considerable interest to scholars of syntax and linguists working on such polysynthetic languages. -Stephen Pax Leonard, Journal of Anthropological Research -- Stephen Pax Leonard Journal of Anthropological Research [ Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions ] is comprehensive, written with great clarity, and will be of considerable interest to scholars of syntax and linguists working on such polysynthetic languages. --Stephen Pax Leonard, Journal of Anthropological Research --Stephen Pax Leonard Journal of Anthropological Research [Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions] is comprehensive, written with great clarity, and will be of considerable interest to scholars of syntax and linguists working on such polysynthetic languages. -Stephen Pax Leonard, Journal of Anthropological Research -- Stephen Pax Leonard * Journal of Anthropological Research * Author InformationAnna Berge is an associate professor of linguistics in the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She is the coauthor of Niigugis Mataliin Tunuxtazangis/How the Atkans Talk: A Conversational Grammar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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