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Subject(s)

• Choctaw language—Grammar [Browse]
• Choctaw Indians [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Related name

Willis, Henry, 1929-2016 [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword: Choctaws Today / Grayson Noley
• Pt. 1. Chahta Anumpa, The Choctaw Language. 1. The Sounds of Choctaw. 2. The Noun Phrase: The Noun and Its Modifiers. 3. The Basic Sentence. 4. The Past Tense. 5. Agent Person Markers. 6. Question Words. 7. Affected Person Markers. 8. Word Formation and Verbs with Affected Subjects. 9. Recipient Person Markers. 10. The Future Tense and Verbs with Recipient Subjects. 11. Complex Verbs: The -t Suffix. 12. Commands. 13. Dependent Clauses. 14. Plurals. 15. Aspect: Events and States. 16. Clause Conjunction with mvt and ma. 17. Clause Conjunction with -cha and -na. 18. Iterative and Resolutional Aspects. 19. Negation with ik-o. 20. Adverbials with -osh and -o. 21. The Potential Mood. 22. Relative Clauses. 23. Indefinites. 24. Emphatic Pronouns
• Pt. 2. Kaniochmichi-hosh Okchayat Il-asha, The Way We Live'. 25. The Ancient Ones / Timothy R. Pauketat. 26. The Life Cycle from Birth to Death / Pamela Innes.
• 27. Choctaw Social Organization / Morris Foster. 28. Daily Life in the Southeastern Forest / Charles Hudson. 29. The Origins of Maize / Cameron B. Wesson. 30. Southeastern Iconography / David H. Dye. 31. Choctaw Houses and Public Buildings / Cameron B. Wesson. 32. European Contact and Trade / Cameron B. Wesson. 33. A History of the Choctaw Language / Marcia Haag. 34. The Choctaw People Resist the Treaty at Dancing Rabbit Creek / Duane Champagne. 35. The Choctaw Trail of Tears / James Carson. 36. Life in Mississippi after Removal / James Carson. 37. Urban and Rural: New Life in the West / William B. Lees and Heather N. Atherton. 38. Choctaws in Oklahoma: Government / Valerie Long Lambert. 39. Choctaw Schools / Clara Sue Kidwell. 40. Choctaws and Missionaries / Clara Sue Kidwell. 41. Choctaw Newspapers / Daniel Littlefield, Jr. 42. Contemporary Ritual Life / Valerie Long Lambert.

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ISBN

0806133392 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

00053277

OCLC

45304787

RCP

C - S

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