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Download full textEastman, Carol M.; And Others – 1975
Fieldwork with a Hydaburg resident yielded this descriptive paper, which focuses on Haida syntax, and especially predication. The verbal word in Haida is of three distinct types--active, stative, and neutral--the first two of which may occur in either SOV or OSV word order. Neutral verbal words are relatively rare and take active pronouns plus a…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
