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A Grammar of the Seneca Language

Wallace Chafe author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:24th Feb '15

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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.

ISBN: 9780520286412

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm

Weight: 454g

250 pages