Mohawk, Algonquian and related grammars
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 3:51 pm
I'm looking for a few decent free grammars. Any suggestions?
Bonvillain's Akwesane Mohawk grammar is the definitive treatment of that language.Curan Roshac wrote:I'm looking for a few decent free grammars. Any suggestions?
As for Algonquian, try Leman's Cheyenne reference grammar, Valentine's Nishnabemwin grammar and Costa's grammar of Miami-Illinois.
If you're interested in the historical dimension, try:
"Iroquoian Vowels" by Rudes, which treats not only the vowels of Iroquoian, but also includes info on the consonants and a large vocabulary as an appendix.
"Algonquian" by Bloomfield, in Hoijer's LINGISTIC STRUCTURES OF NATIVE AMERICA
A PROTO-ALGONQUIAN DICTIONARY by Aubin
A COMPUTER-GENERATED DICTIONARY OF PROTO-ALGONQUIAN by Hewson (this includes all of the Aubin material plus a lot more)
"Iroquoian Languages" by Lounsbury, in Volume 15 of HANDBOOK OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
You should be able to find these at any middling-large academic library.