Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes
Author | : Donald G. Frantz |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 524 |
Release | : 2017-04-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781487514518 |
ISBN-13 | : 1487514514 |
Rating | : 4/5 (514 Downloads) |
Download or read book Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes written by Donald G. Frantz and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blackfoot Dictionary is a comprehensive guide to the vocabulary of Blackfoot, an Algonquian language spoken by thousands in Alberta and Montana. This third edition of the critically acclaimed dictionary adds more than 1,100 new entries, major additions to verb stems, and the inclusion of vai, vii, vta, and viti syntactic categories. It contains more than 5,500 Blackfoot-English entries and an English index of more than 6,000 entries, and provides thorough coverage of cultural terms. The transcription uses an official, technically accurate alphabet and the authors have classified entries and selected examples based on more than 46 years of research.