A Grammar of the Seneca Language

by Wallace Chafe

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520286412
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	11/27/2014
Series:	UC Publications in Linguistics , #149
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Wallace Chafe is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Linguistics at University of California, Santa Barbara.