English-Lakota Dictionary - Rilegato

Ingham, Bruce

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ISBN 10: 0700713786 ISBN 13: 9780700713783

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2001

Riassunto

This dictionary of 12,000 entries aims to preserve Indian culture and at all points illustrate the use of words in examples, especially syntactic words, whose usage cannot be captured purely by giving an English equivalent. It provides depth as regards the usage of frequently occurring items and especially in the use of syntactic elements and usage in context.

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Recensione:

'The English to Lakota dictionary is a major contribution' - John Koonz, Siouanist

'The most comprehensive English-Lakota dictionary yet available...This dictionary is excellent: easy to use, highly informative, attractive and well-presented, and a landmark oin British Americanist research. No Siouanist should be without it.' - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Product Description:

The Lakota language is estimated to be spoken by 20,000 people mainly in the states of North and South Dakota. It is reckoned to be the second largest native language in the US after Navaho. This dictionary of 12,000 entries aims to preserve Indian culture and at all points illustrate the use of words in examples, especially syntactic words, whose usage cannot be captured purely by giving an English equivalent. It provides depth as regards the usage of frequently occurring items and especially in the use of syntactic elements and usage in context. The data-base for the dictionary is the various books written in Lakota, recorded Lakota texts in archives, textbooks on the language, previous dictionaries, ethnographic and anthropological studies which include Lakota texts, and, importantly, recordings which the author has acquired. An introduction contains the phonetics, the grammar and the history of Lakota.

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• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0700713786
• ISBN 13: 9780700713783
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 304