LINGUIST List 17.3738

Mon Dec 18 2006

Books: Language Description: Mixco

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Directory         1.    Ulrich Lueders, Mandan: Mixco
Message 1: Mandan: Mixco
Date: 15-Dec-2006
From: Ulrich Lueders <lincom.europat-online.de>
Subject: Mandan: Mixco


Title: Mandan Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 159 Published: 2006 Publisher: Lincom GmbH
                http://www.lincom.eu

Author: Mauricio J. Mixco Paperback: ISBN: 3895862134 Pages: 62 Price: Europe EURO 36.00
Abstract:

Mandan, sole member of one of the four branches of Siouan (withinCatawba-Siouan), has under 10 speakers, among some 200 tribal members.Epidemics and inter-tribal warfare reduced these Missouri Rivervillage-dwelling horticulturists, from 5000 to under 200 members by 1837.With the Hidatsa (Siouan) and the Arikara (Caddoan), they constitutetoday's, Three Affiliated Tribes Nation (Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation;North Dakota). Mandan has vocalic epenthesis, is notable for only 10consonants, 9 vowels (plus length) and no nasal stops, despite nasal spreadfrom 3 nasal vowels. Mandan is a verb-final, head-marking language, withpositional auxiliary verbs (sit, stand, lie) marking tense-aspect-modality(these auxiliaries also serve as classificatory NP determiners); otherauxiliaries mark diminutives, benefactives and causatives, etc.

Evidentiality, subject-number and other TAM distinctions are mostlysuffixal. The verb has active/stative, subject-object split-transitiveprefixation and distinguishes addressee gender in its illocutionarysuffixation. Coordinate and subordinate clauses suffix a three-waydistinction of realis vs. irrealis subject-continuity/switch-reference.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description
Subject Language(s): Mandan (mhq)
Written In: English (eng )

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