{"product_id":"yukhiti-koy-9781496229663","title":"Yukhíti Kóy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey Kimball presents the first grammar of the American Indian language Atakapa, Yukhíti Kóy, once spoken in coastal southwestern Louisiana and coastal eastern Texas.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a meticulously documented and useful reference source. . . . Because of the lack of documentation on this subject, any resource is a treasure for language revival and further academic studies.\"—Jurgita Antoine, \u003ci\u003eTribal College Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There has not been a comprehensive reference grammar of the Atakapa language, and so this book fills a real need. There is very careful philological work here.”—George Aaron Broadwell, author of \u003ci\u003eA Choctaw Reference Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This reference grammar will make a huge and much-needed contribution to Atakapan language studies and to linguistics in general. Geoffrey Kimball has clearly well researched the language based on both the original Gatschet field notes and the published Gatschet and Swanton Atakapa dictionary.”—David V. Kaufman, author of \u003ci\u003eClues to Lower Mississippi Valley Histories: Language, Archaeology, and Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtakapa Ishakkoy Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Phonology Orthography\u003cbr\u003e Atakapa Phonemes\u003cbr\u003e Accent\u003cbr\u003e Phonetic Processes\u003cbr\u003e Active Phonological Processes 2. The Verb and Verbal Morphology Aorist Mode\u003cbr\u003e Preterite Mode\u003cbr\u003e Dubitative Mode\u003cbr\u003e Future Mode\u003cbr\u003e Progressive Mode\u003cbr\u003e Subordinate Mode\u003cbr\u003e Gerund\u003cbr\u003e Participle\u003cbr\u003e Stative Verbs\u003cbr\u003e Negation\u003cbr\u003e Aspect Suffixes\u003cbr\u003e Verbal Prefixes\u003cbr\u003e Adjectives\u003cbr\u003e Adverbs\u003cbr\u003e Comparison of Adjectives\u003cbr\u003e Verbal Derivational Processes\u003cbr\u003e Verb Pluralization\u003cbr\u003e Suppletion 3. Nouns and Nominal Morphology Animacy\u003cbr\u003e Mass Status\u003cbr\u003e Ordering of Nominal Morphology\u003cbr\u003e Nominal Cases\u003cbr\u003e Noun Pluralization\u003cbr\u003e Noun Possession\u003cbr\u003e Pronouns\u003cbr\u003e Deictics\u003cbr\u003e Postpositions\u003cbr\u003e Numerals\u003cbr\u003e Noun Formation 4. Syntax Ergativity\u003cbr\u003e Fluid-S Marking\u003cbr\u003e Word Order\u003cbr\u003e Locative Compounds\u003cbr\u003e Focus\u003cbr\u003e Clausal Complements\u003cbr\u003e Conjunction and Disjunction\u003cbr\u003e Omitted Inflection in Coordinate Contexts\u003cbr\u003e Relative Clause Equivalents\u003cbr\u003e Interrogative Sentences\u003cbr\u003e Idiomatic Expressions 5. Texts Text 1: Cultural and Historical Topics\u003cbr\u003e Text 2: The Skin-Desirer\u003cbr\u003e Text 3: Treatment of the Heads of Infants\u003cbr\u003e Text 4: Form Letter\u003cbr\u003e Text 5: Biographical Sketch of Kišmok\u003cbr\u003e Text 6: Notes on the Family of Tottokš\u003cbr\u003e Text 7: Traditional Treatment of Disease\u003cbr\u003e Text 8: Traditional Burial Practices\u003cbr\u003e Text 9: A Fight among Black People in Lake Charles Yukhíti–English Vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1: Hiyékiti (Eastern Atakapa)–English Vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2: Orkokisak (Western Atakapa)–English Vocabulary\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3: Yukhíti Kinship Terminology\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409238696279,"sku":"9781496229663","price":48.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496229663.jpg?v=1730506093","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/yukhiti-koy-9781496229663","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}