Description
Book Synopsis
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.
Trade Review
'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 '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 '... this work, which greatly increases the amount of readily available lexical material, is most welcome on both scientific and cultural grounds.' -- Language and Linguistics
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Preface to the Third Edition Chapter 1 The Blackfoot Alphabet Chapter 2 Some Basics of Noun Inflection Chapter 3 Intransitive Verbs Chapter 4 More on Intransitive Verbs Chapter 5 Some Phonological Rules Chapter 6 Tense and Aspect Chapter 7 Four Verb Stem Types Chapter 8 Transitive Inanimate Verbs Chapter 9 Attached Pronouns Chapter 10 Transitive Animate, Part 1: Direct Chapter 11 Transitive Animate, Part 2: Inverse Chapter 12 Transitive Animate, Part 3 Chapter 13 Demonstratives Chapter 14 Possessives Chapter 15 Allomorphy Chapter 16 Complex Verb Stems, Part 1 Chapter 17 Complex Verb Stems, Part 2: Finals Chapter 18 Some Concrete Finals Chapter 19 Other Verb Paradigms Chapter 20 Nominalizations Chapter 21 Questions Chapter 22 Complement Clause Types Chapter 23 Translating from English to Blackfoot Chapter 24 Numbers and Enumeration Appendix A Verb Paradigms Appendix B Phonological Rules Appendix C The Sounds of Blackfoot Appendix D Design of the Blackfoot Alphabet Appendix E Ikasskini: Analyzed Blackfoot Text References Index
