Blackfoot Grammar - Second Edition
Thousands of people in Alberta and Montana speak Blackfoot, an Algonquian language. But the numbers are diminishing and the survival of Blackfoot is in some danger. To help preserve the language while it is still in daily use, Donald G. Frantz and Norma Jean Russell collaborated on the Blackfoot Dictionary, published in 1989 to widespread acclaim and later revised in 1995. Blackfoot Grammar, the companion volume to the dictionary, has now also been updated with a second edition.\ The changes...
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Thousands of people in Alberta and Montana speak Blackfoot, an Algonquian language. But the numbers are diminishing and the survival of Blackfoot is in some danger. To help preserve the language while it is still in daily use, Donald G. Frantz and Norma Jean Russell collaborated on the Blackfoot Dictionary, published in 1989 to widespread acclaim and later revised in 1995. Blackfoot Grammar, the companion volume to the dictionary, has now also been updated with a second edition. The changes made to each chapter reflect new approaches refined through years of teaching experience. New chapters on 'Numbers and Enumeration' and 'Translating from English to Blackfoot' have been added, as well as new exercises and two new appendixes describing the phonetics of Blackfoot and the design of the alphabet.This second edition of Blackfoot Grammar will be a welcome update not only for those who wish to learn the language, but for all those with an interest in Native Studies and North American linguistics.
Contents\ \ \ Acknowledgements\ \ \ vii\ \ \ Preface\ \ \ ix\ \ \ CHAPTER ONE The Blackfoot Alphabet\ \ \ 1\ \ \ CHAPTER TWO Some Basics of Blackfoot Grammar\ \ \ 7\ \ \ CHAPTER THREE Intransitive Verbs\ \ \ 15\ \ \ CHAPTER FOUR More on Intransitive Verbs\ \ \ 20\ \ \ CHAPTER FIVE Some Phonological Rules\ \ \ 25\ \ \ CHAPTER SIX Tense and Aspect\ \ \ 30\ \ \ CHAPTER SEVEN Four Verb Stem Types\ \ \ 39\ \ \ CHAPTER EIGHT Transitive Inanimate Verbs\ \ \ 43\ \ \ CHAPTER NINE Attached Pronouns\ \ \ 47\ \ \ CHAPTER TEN Transitive Animate Part 1: Direct\ \ \ 51\ \ \ CHAPTER ELEVEN Transitive Animate Part 2: Inverse\ \ \ 55\ \ \ CHAPTER TWELVE Transitive Animate Part 3\ \ \ 59\ \ \ CHAPTER THIRTEEN Demonstratives\ \ \ 63\ \ \ CHAPTER FOURTEEN Possessives\ \ \ 69\ \ \ CHAPTER FIFTEEN Allomorphy\ \ \ 78\ \ \ CHAPTER SIXTEEN Complex Verb Stems, Part 1\ \ \ 84\ \ \ CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Complex Verb Stems, Part 2: Finals\ \ \ 99\ \ \ CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Some Concrete Finals\ \ \ 102\ \ \ CHAPTER NINETEEN Other Verb Paradigms\ \ \ 110\ \ \ CHAPTER TWENTY Nominalizations\ \ \ 116\ \ \ CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Questions\ \ \ 132\ \ \ CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Complement Clause Types\ \ \ 140\ \ \ REFERENCES\ \ \ 145\ \ \ APPENDIX A Verb Paradigms\ \ \ 147\ \ \ APPENDIX B Phonological Rules\ \ \ 152\ \ \ Index\ \ \ 157\ \
