Kawaiisu

• Maurice L. Zigmond, Curtis G. Booth & Pamela Munro, Kawaiisu: A Grammar and Dictionary, with Texts. Edited by Pamela Munro. Univ. of California Publications in Linguistics 119, 1990. 416 pp. $42. --- A comprehensive description of Kawaiisu, a central California language that is the most divergent member of the Southern branch of Numic. Included are a descriptive grammar, covering phonology, morphology and syntax, with comparative notes; two fully analyzed texts; and an extensive Kawaiisu-English dictionary with an English-Kawaiisu index. --- Order from: Univ. of California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 (or call toll-free: 1-800-822-6657). [April 1991]