Athabaskan Language Studies: Essays in Honor of Robert W. Young (English and Navaho Edition)

Many leading figures in the field of Athabaskan languages contributed to this volume, and their range of topics matches Robert Young's interests. Four papers deal with northern Athabaskan languages, which Young studied in the 1930s. The remaining essays focus on aspects of Navajo language and culture; Young has specialized in this area for over fifty years in collaboration with his mentor, William Morgan, Sr. Several essays present detailed analysis of verb and sentence structure in Navajo, two are studies of Navajo literacy, another examines Navajo philosophy, and one offers the first study of how children learn the complexities of the Navajo verb. Anyone interested in Navajo studies or Athabaskan languages will find these essays invaluable. Syntax And Morphology: Navajo Reflections Of A General Theory Of Lexical Argument Structure / Kenneth Hale And Paul Platero -- Psych Verbs In Navajo / Eloise Jelinek And Maryann Willie -- Quantifiers And The Position Of Noun Phrases In Navajo / Margaret Spies And Evangeline Parsons Yazzie -- History Of The Yi-/bi- Alternation In Athabaskan / Chad Thompson -- Direct Objects In Salcha Athabaskan -- Navajo Third Person Alternation And The Pronoun Incorporation Analysis / Linda Uyechi -- Development Of The Inflected Verb In Navajo Child Language / Muriel Saville-troike -- Phonology: Historical Evolution Of The Stem Syllable In Gwich' In (kutchin/loucheux) Athabaskan / Jeff Leer -- Epenthesis In Navajo -- Semantics: Transitivity Decrease In Navajo And Athabaskan: Actor-affecting Propositional Derivations / Andrej A. Kibrik -- Lexical Aspect In Navajo: Telic Property / Sally Midgette -- On The Expression Of Modality In Navajo / Maryann Willie. Edited By Eloise Jelinek ... [et Al.]. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References.