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Re: Rs

From:Amanda Babcock <langs@...>
Date:Friday, April 4, 2003, 14:31
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 01:34:29PM +0200, BP Jonsson wrote:

> The only grammar of Mohawk (or any other Amerind lg :) wrote the liquid > phoneme as /l/ -- probably to avoid mispronunciation as [R], since the > work was written in English by a Canadienne with a French name.
Which grammar would this be? I've been looking for one! They mostly seem to be out of print, except for the "Kanyen'keha tewatati" booklet-and-tapes that doesn't quite go far enough. Also, if anybody can recommend a good root dictionary... Amanda