TY - BOOK AU - Chafe,Wallace L. AU - Austin,Alberta TI - A grammar of the Seneca language /Wallace Chafe ; with the help and collaboration of Alberta Austin [and 27 others T2 - University of California publications in linguistics SN - 9780520961647 AV - PM2296 .G736 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Oakland, California PB - University of California Press KW - Seneca language KW - Grammar KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction --; Phonetics and phonology --; Verb morphology part 1 : the minimal verb --; Verb morphology part 2 : the prepronominal prefixes --; Verb morphology part 3 : expanded verb bases --; Verb morphology part 4 : extended aspect suffixes --; Noun morphology --; Clitics --; Kinship terms --; Syntax part 1 : amplifying a pronominal meaning --; Syntax part 2 : Amplifying a spatial, temporal, or modal meaning --; Syntax part 3 : amplifying the meaning of an entire verb --; Questions --; Imperatives --; Interjections --; Example texts; 2; b N2 - The Seneca language belongs to the Northern Iroquoian branch of the Iroquoian language family, where its closest relatives are Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. Seneca holds special typological interest because of its high degree of polysynthesis and fusion. It is historically important because of its central role in the Longhouse religion and its place in the pioneering linguistic work of the 19th century missionary Asher Wright. This grammatical description, which includes four extended texts in several genres, is the culminatin of Chafe's long term study of the language over half a century UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=916996&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -