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title	:	Theoretical Perspectives On Native American Languages SUNY Series in Linguistics
author	:	Gerdts, Donna B.; Michelson, Karin.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0887066437
print isbn13	:	9780887066436
ebook isbn13	:	9780585068626
language	:	English
subject	Indians of North America--Canada--Languages--Phonology--Congresses, Indians of North America--Canada--Languages--Syntax--Congresses, Indians of North America--Canada--Languages--Morphology--Congresses.
publication date	:	1989
lcc	:	PM232.T48 1989eb
ddc	:	497
subject	:	Indians of North America--Canada--Languages--Phonology--Congresses, Indians of North America--Canada--Languages--Syntax--Congresses, Indians of North America--Canada--Languages--Morphology--Congresses.

Theoretical Perspectives on Native American Languages

SUNY Series in Linguistics Mark R. Aronoff, Editor

Theoretical Perspectives on Native American Languages Edited by Donna B. Gerdts and Karin Michelson State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1989 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N. Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Theoretical perspectives on native American languages. (SUNY series in linguistics) Papers stemming from a symposium sponsored by and held at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Mar. 1416, 1985. Includes index. 1. Indians of North AmericaCanadaLanguages Phonology. 2. Indians of North AmericaCanada LanguagesSyntax. 3. Indians of North AmericaCanada LanguagesMorphology. I. Gerdts, Donna B. II. Michelson, Karin. III. State University of New York at Buffalo. IV. Series. PM232.T48 1988 497 87-13226 ISBN 0-88706-642-9 ISBN 0-88706-643-7 (pbk.)

Page vii CONTENTS Contributors ix Preface xi Part One: Problems in Phonological Representation The Complex Status of Complex Segments in Dakota Patricia A. Shaw 3 Invisibility: Vowels without a Timing Slot in Mohawk Karin Michelson 38 Underspecification and Derived-Only Rules in Sekani Phonology Sharon Hargus 70 Vowel Initial Suffixes and Clitics in Slave Keren D. Rice 104 Articulatory and Acoustic Correlates of Pharyngealization: Evidence from Athapaskan Eung-Do Cook 133

Page viii Part Two: The Morpho-Syntax of Complex Verbal Morphology Agreement in Dogrib: Inflection or Cliticization? Leslie Saxon 149 Disjoint Reference in a "Free Word Order" Language Ann Grafstein 163 Argument Structure and the Morphology of the Ojibwa Verb Glyne L. Piggott 176 The Morphosyntax of Eskimo Causatives John T. Jensen and Alana Johns 209 The Nature of Polysynthesis in Algonquian and Eskimo J. Peter Denny 230 Relational Parameters of Reflexives: The Halkomelem Evidence Donna B. Gerdts 259 Index 281

Page ix CONTRIBUTORS Eung-Do Cook, Department of Linguistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. J. Peter Denny, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. Donna B. Gerdts, Department of Linguistics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. Ann Grafstein, Linguistics Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

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