Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions

by Anna Berge

West Greenlandic Eskimo, a part of the Eskimo-Aleut language family spoken all across the Arctic, is primarily found among the Native peoples of central west Greenland. In this highly nuanced study of West Greenlandic, linguist Anna Berge examines how the speaker's role affects syntactic structures within discourse. Also included are transcripts of conversations with fluent Native speakers, providing a practical context in which to examine these grammatical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803216459
• ISBN13: 9780803216457
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"