Description: In this study the author not only comments on some of the important processes in the syntax of the Mojave language but also provides the reader with an introduction to a language whose grammar had, previous to the titles publication in 1976, never been described. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
Description: In this study the author not only comments on some of the important processes in the syntax of the Mojave language but also provides the reader with an introduction to a language whose grammar had, previous to the titles publication in 1976, never been described. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
Contents: List of Tables; Abbreviations; Preface; A Note on Spelling; Introductory Note on Mojave Phonology; 1. Elements of Simple-Sentence Structure 2. Auxiliary Verbs, Aspect, and Conjunction 3. Nominalization and Embedded Clauses 4. The Predicate Nominal Construction; References; Appendix