Comanche Dictionary and Grammar (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 92)

Presents the Comanche-English dictionary with an abundance of illustrative sentences, a brief grammar, photographs, and original art. The Comanche-English dictionary reflects both modern and traditional lifestyles of speakers of this once-powerful Uto-Aztecan people. Accompanying English-Comanche lexicon is designed to enable the speaker of English to use the dictionary. Comanche grammar briefly describes the structure of the language. Photographs of Comanches recognize those who assisted in assuring the accuracy of the dictionary. Original art enhances the volume. Table of Contents Dedication Acknowledgments Preface Abbreviations Introduction Guide to Pronunciation Dictionary Appendix Fauna Appendix Flora Appendix Body parts Appendix Months of the year Appendix Personal names 1.1 Consonants 1.2 Vowels 1.3 Stress rules 2.1 Declarative mood 2.2 Nonverbal sentences 2.3 Intransitive sentences 2.4 Transitive sentences 2.5 HAVE sentences 2.6 DO sentences 3.1 Yes/No questions 3.2 Alternative questions 3.3 Information questions 4.1 Positive imperative 4.2 Hortatory 5.1 Affirmation 5.2 Negation 7.1 Unspecified subject 7.2 Unspecified object 7.3 Reflexive/Passive 7.4 Reciprocal 8.1 Noun morphology 8.2 Verb morphology 8.3 Adjective morphology 9.1 Absolutive 9.2 Dual and plural pumber 9.3 Accusative 9.4 Genitive 9.5 Vocative 10.1 Locative 10.2 Allative 10.3 Instrumental 10.4 Partitive 10.5 Miscellaneous 10.6 Ordering 11.1 Demonstrative adjectives 11.2 Nonnumeric quantifiers 11.3 Numerals 12.1 Nominative pronouns 12.2 Accusative pronouns 12.3 Genitive pronouns 12.4 Coreferential pronouns 13.1 Stems 13.2 Instrumental prefixes 13.3 Temporal prefixes 13.4 Number agreement 13.5 Causative/Benefactive 13.6 Motion 13.7 Aspect 14.1 Temporal adverbs 14.2 Locative adverbs 14.3 Directional adverbs 14.4 Demonstrative adverbs 15.1 Coordination 15.2 Complement clauses 15.3 Relative clauses Bibliography By Richard Bergman. 81-0284. Bibliography: P. 60.