The Blackfoot configurationality conspiracy : parallels and differences in clausal and nominal structures

This dissertation explores the argument-typing system of Blackfoot, a Plains Algonquian language spoken in Southern Alberta and Northwestern Montana. It develops a classification of the phrases, words, and morphemes in Blackfoot that are associated with arguments of the predicate (nominal expression...

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Main Author: Bliss, Heather Anne
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/45645