Full Description
Tsilhqut'in, also known as Chilcotin, is a northern Athabaskan language spoken by the people of the Chilco River (Tsilhqox) in Interior British Columbia. Until now, the literature on Tsilhqut'in contained very little description of the language. With forty-seven consonants and six vowels plus tone, the phonological system is notoriously complex. This book is the first comprehensive grammar of Tsilhqut'in. It covers all aspects of linguistic structure - phonology, morphology, and syntax - including negation and questions. Also included are three annotated texts. The product of decades of work by linguist Eung-Do Cook, this book makes an important contribution to the ongoing documentation of Athabaskan languages.
Contents
Abbreviations and SymbolsIntroduction1 Sound System and Orthography2 Words and Their Categories3 Organization of the Verb4 Theme Categories and Other Verb Classes5 Simple Sentences6 Complex Sentences7 Movement and Other Syntactic Rules8 Negation9 Questions10 Reference to Third Person and Morphosyntactic ProblemsAppendix: Three Annotated TextsReferences Cited
