A Tohono O'odham Grammar

by Ofelia Zepeda

Overview

This first pedagogical grammar of the Papago language features twenty chapters on grammatical constructions and five sample dialogs—plus abbreviations, symbols, summary of grammatical elements, and two glossaries. Classroom-tested for teaching both native and non-native speakers, the text also offers linguists an overview of the Papago language not available elsewhere.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816534920
Publisher:	University of Arizona Press
Publication date:	10/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	7 MB

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part I: First Grammar Unit Lesson 1: The Sounds of Papago Lesson 2: Intransitive Sentences Lesson 3: The "g" Determiner and Yes/No Questions Lesson 4: Subject Pronouns and the Imperfective Auxiliary Lesson 5: Conjunctions Lesson 6: Direct and Indirect Objects in Transitive Sentences Lesson 7: Reflexives and Reciprocals Lesson 8: Postpositional Phrases and Locatives Lesson 9: Interrogative Sentences—Who (Whom), What, and Where Questions Lesson 10: Perfective and Future Perfective Verbs First Review Lesson Part II: Second Grammar Unit Lesson 11: Future Imperfective Verbs Lesson 12: Possessives Lesson 13: Copular (Linking) Sentences with Wuḍ Lesson 14: Formation of Verbs from Nouns—The Suffixes -mad and -pig Lesson 15: Formation of Nouns from Verbs Lesson 16: Subordinate Clauses—The Clause Marker "m" Lesson 17: Stative Verbs, Adjectives, and Comparisons Lesson 18: Numbers Lesson 19: Imperatives Lesson 20: Word Order Second Review Lesson Part III: Conversations in Papago Lesson 21: Are You Going to the Dance? Lesson 22: Is This Word Papago? Lesson 23: My Mother Is Sick Lesson 24: What Time Is It? Lesson 25: Going to the Store and to the Doctor Part IV: Supplementary Material Abbreviations and Symbols Summary of Grammatical Elements Glossary: Papago to English Glossary: English to Papago Index

Editorial Reviews

"A praiseworthy pedagogical grammar, one that leads the reader gradually from the simpler to the more complex grammatical structures. The reader who learns the contents of the 25 lessons will acquire a fairly broad knowledge of Papago grammar."—American Anthropologist

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