A Language of Our Own
Download or Read eBook A Language of Our Own PDF written by Peter Bakker and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Peter Bakker |
| Publisher | : New York : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 337 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780195097115 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0195097114 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Language of Our Own by : Peter Bakker
Book excerpt: The Michif language - spoken by descendants of French Canadian fur traders and Cree Indians in western Canada - uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and has two sets of grammatical rules. Bakker uses historical research and fieldwork data to present an analysis of how it came into being.
