Edited by the eminent anthropologist and linguist Franz Boas (1858-1942), this work was first published in two huge volumes between 1911 and 1922. Comprising detailed studies of several Native American languages, Volume 1 has been split into two parts for this reissue. Part 2 contains chapters on the Chinook, Maidu, Algonquian, Siouan and Inuit languages. Each chapter contains a discussion of the speakers of the language, its geographical distribution, the phonetic system, and an analysis of the grammar and vocabulary. The work built upon the foundations laid by J. W. Powell (1834-1902) in his Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages (1877). Boas, a pioneer in the field of cultural anthropology, intended the present work to promote his culturally relativist approach to ethnographic study. Overall, the project ranks as a landmark in entrenching scientific principles for the study of North America's indigenous peoples and languages.

Includes chapters on Athapascan, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Eskimo and Chukchee.

Includes chapters on Athapascan, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl, Eskimo and Chukchee. (AB1739).

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Excerpt from Handbook of American Indian Languages, Vol. 2: With Illustrative Sketches Like the languages of the latter group, Takelma possesses clear cut vowels, and abounds, besides, in long vowels and diphthongs; these, together with a system of syllabic pitch-accent, give the Takel ma language a decidedly musical character, marred only to some extent by the profusion of disturbing catches. The line of cleavage between Takelma and the neighboring dialects of the Athapascan stock (upper Umpqua, Applegate Creek, Galice Creek, Chasta Costa) is thus not only morphologically but also phonetically distinct, despite re semblances in the manner of articulation of some of the vowels and consonants. Chasta Costa, formerly spoken on the lower course of Rogue river, possesses all the voiceless l-sounds above referred to; a peculiar illusive q!, the fortis character of which is hardly as prominent as in Chinook; a voiced guttural spirant as in North German Tage; the sonants or weak surds dj and z (rarely); a voiceless inter'dental spirant p and its corresponding fortis tel; and a very frequently oc curring a vowel, as in English hut. All of these are absent from Takelma, which, in turn, has a complete labial series (i), p', m), whereas Chasta Costa has only the nasal m (labial stops occur appar ently only in borrowed words, beci' cat About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...do'qwale'x q!a'paw's Ens 'neenEmo'kwex go on, ... that we may see the hitting of our friends 29G.31 (do'qwiila to be looking; q!ap-to hit;-setis of our; enE7ndku friend;-ex postnominal dem. 2d pers.)... qacs la'08 ax'e'd that you go and take 405.34... qa s tap!e'dayos that you eat (break the shells) 284.22... qEii Le'xs alexEri8 xuno'kwex that I advise our child 290.13... qEn e'k'dwesg'ada snr: x uni'km and I stake this blanket 292.3 we'g'a itd'pledEq" qa's hamx'ci'dadsaqu go on, roast this and eat this 38.7 (L.'dp-to roast; hanix'ct'd to eat) Le'Halaies ydkiddte qa g'a'xes lie called his tribe to come 23.2 axte'dxes qld'lats.'e qacs g'a'xe he took his kettle and came 20.8 If the verb has the first form of the third person, and takes an object or instrumental, the hnal-s is followed by an-e. qa dE'nx'idesesa gd'gak'!dk'!a"layu q!E'mdEma that they sing the wooing songs 82.3 (dE'nxcld to sing; gak-wife no. 141, p. 498;-k'lala noise no. 144, p. 499;-ayu instrument no. 174, p. 507; qiEmdsm song) Verbs with object of the second person take the ending-aoL, corresponding to-ads in verbs with second person subject. Monosyllabic verbs in-a take-a in place of-ae, and-ayos or ads in place of-aaos. In the future the-e precedes the future suffix, and the endings are the same as usual, -l, -los, -iles. qEn dd'x?waLElaoL that I may see you 263.26 qaes la'os na'enakwa and go home 450.20 qEn la e't.'ed that I go again 240.37 qaesle'Lds that you may go in the future 260.19 64. Causal and Temporal Subordination Causal and temporal subordination are expressed by forms related to the foregoing. They must also be considered nominal in their character. Here the relation between personal and demonstrative pronoun is very close, the...