A Grammar of the Seneca Language
Download or Read eBook A Grammar of the Seneca Language PDF written by Wallace Chafe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Wallace Chafe |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 251 |
| Release | : 2015-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780520961647 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0520961641 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Grammar of the Seneca Language by : Wallace Chafe
Book excerpt: 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.
