The Seneca language belongs to the Northern Iroquoian branch of the Iroquoian language family, where its closest relatives are Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. Seneca holds special typological interest because of its high degree of polysynthesis and fusion. It is historically important because of its central role in the Longhouse religion and its place in the pioneering linguistic work of the 19th century missionary Asher Wright. This grammatical description, which includes four extended texts in several genres, is the culminatin of Chafe's long term study of the language over half a century.
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The Seneca language belongs to the Northern Iroquoian branch of the Iroquoian language family, where its closest relatives are Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. This grammatical description, which includes four extended texts in several genres, is the culminatin of the author's long term study of the language over half a century.
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ISBN
9780520286412
Publisert
2014-11-27
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University of California Press
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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Wallace Chafe is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Linguistics at University of California, Santa Barbara.