The Navajo Verb: A Grammar for Students and Scholars

by Leonard M. Faltz

Overview

For the first time, students and scholars interested in the Navajo language have a book that presents the verb system in a step-by-step and thorough fashion. By providing easy-to-follow descriptions with abundant examples, this book unravels the complexity of Navajo and reveals its expressiveness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826319029
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	08/01/1998
Series:	Jewish Latin America
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	470
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.18(d)

Editorial Reviews

. . . it is fun to read. . . . [and] employs a casual and encouraging style. . . . Even the chapter titles can be entertaining. . . . [Faltzs] prose remains precise yet readable. . . . a steep but well-lighted path . . . this book will quickly find its way into college classrooms . . .

. . . it is fun to read. . . . Ýand¨ employs a casual and encouraging style. . . . Even the chapter titles can be entertaining. . . . ÝFaltzs¨ prose remains precise yet readable. . . . a steep but well-lighted path . . . this book will quickly find its way into college classrooms . . .

This book offers a refreshingly user-friendly, yet serious and highly detailed introduction to the intricacies of Navajo verb morphology. . . . a worthy addition to any linguistics library. . . . the beginning student of Navajo will successfully master all of the grammatical forms of the Navajo verb. . . . It deserves a place near the forefront of a long tradition of excellent linguistic descriptions of Navajo.

"This book offers a refreshingly user-friendly, yet serious and highly detailed introduction to the intricacies of Navajo verb morphology. . . . a worthy addition to any linguistics library. . . . the beginning student of Navajo will successfully master all of the grammatical forms of the Navajo verb. . . . It deserves a place near the forefront of a long tradition of excellent linguistic descriptions of Navajo."

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