Shoshoni

• Beverly Crum & Jon Dayley, Western Shoshoni Grammar. Boise State Univ., Occasional Papers and Monographs in Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics 1, 1993. 295 pp. $25.95.--- A quite detailed, but lucidly written description of Western Shoshoni (a Central Numic dialect of Idaho and Nevada), intended for both native and nonnative speakers. Copious examples illustrate each section. Chapters cover: Shoshoni simple sentence structure; basic elaborations of Shoshoni sentences; pronouns; nouns; postpositions; verbs; adjectives; adverbs; coordination; complex sentences; and orthography and sound system. Three narrative texts are presented, with both free and interlinear translations. Also included is a glossary with about 2,000 entries. --- Order from: Dept. of Anthropology, Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 83725. [Oct. 1994]