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A Grammar of the Seneca Language

By Wallace Chafe

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780520961647
DOI
10.1525/9780520961647
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1505141 bytes)
Series
UC Publications in Linguistics; 149
Pages
250\250
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 18:07:24

Description

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.

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