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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
CARRIE ROSEN NICOLE GILLON |
ISBN: | 9780198795339 0198795335 |
OCLC Number: | 1023201061 |
Contents: | General prefaceAcknowledgementsList of figures and tablesList of abbreviationsPronunciation guide: A note on Michif orthography1: Introduction2: Mass/count3: Plurality4: Gender5: Articles6: Demonstratives7: Status of the category 'mixed language'Appendix A: Plains Cree verbal morphologyAppendix B: Michif verbal morphologyReferencesIndex |
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... a refreshingly detailed examination of an important area of mixed-language grammar, teasing out semantic nuances (such as mass versus count, and coercion from one to the other) that most languages do not mark morphologically, and which consequently most grammar descriptions are liable to ignore. Likewise we receive an incisive exposition of the differences between the formally essentially identical, but functionally quite divergent, definite-article systems ofMichif and French. We learn much from this book that is not easily discoverable from other sources, and it is reinforced with many dozens of reliable examples direct from a first-language speaker. * David Douglas Robertson, University of Victoria, Linguist * Read more...

