An introduction to classical Nahuatl / Michel Launey ; translated and adapted by Christopher Mackay.

Author/creator Launey, Michel
Other author Mackay, Christopher S., 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Descriptionxx, 453 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleIntroduction à la langue et à la littérature aztèques. English
Contents Preliminary lesson: phonetics and writing -- 1. Instransitive verbs, word order, absolutive suffix -- 2. Nouns and nominal predicates, the plural of nouns, questions and negation -- 3. Transitive verbs -- 4. Emphatic, interrogative, demonstrative and negative pronouns -- 5. Irregular verbs, introduction to locatives -- 6. Directional and reflexive prefixes -- 7. Quantifiers, zan, ye, oc -- 8. Preterite tense -- 9. Imperative/optative, vocative, future, imperfect -- 10. Possessed forms of the noun -- 11. Inherent possession, the suffix -yō, 'to have', possessive nouns -- 12. Nominal suffixes, "adjectives" -- 13. The principal locative suffixes -- 14. Coordination, phrases of time and manner -- 15. Impersonal and passive verb forms -- 16. Agent nouns, the -ni form -- 17. Compound nouns, verbal incorporation -- 18. Bitransitive verbs, ambitransitive verbs -- 19. Causative verbs -- 20. Applicative verbs -- 21. Honorific and deprecatory verbs -- 22. Pluperfect, counterfactual, vetitive, directional conjugations -- 23. Morphological peculiarities of certain nouns and verbs -- 24. More on locatives -- 25. More on quantifiers -- 26. Details about number and person, indefinite pronouns and adverbs -- 27. Compound verbs -- 28. Reduplication outside of the plural, more on verbs -- 29. Derivative verbs -- 30. Derivative nouns -- 31. Noun clauses -- 32. Attributives, relative clauses, copula verbs, semi-auxiliaries -- 33. Comparisons, clauses of result, purpose and cause -- 34. Conditions, more particles -- 35. Temporal clauses, particles, interjections -- Appendix 1. Traditional orthography -- Appendix 2. Inflexional patterns -- Appendix 3. The Aztec calendar -- Appendix 4. Key to the exercises -- Nahuatl-to-English vocabulary -- English-to-Nahuatl vocabulary.
Abstract "This book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl and offers a comprehensive and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar, and vocabulary"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageTranslation from French to English.
LCCN 2010015176
ISBN9780521518406 (hardback)
ISBN0521518407 (hardback)
ISBN9780521732291 (pbk.)
ISBN0521732298 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks PM4061 .L3813 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold