Re: Reference Grammars (was: Doraja (was: Re: TRANS: a haiku)

On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> I see to my frustration that there is no good grammar of any Inuit
> language. At least not in that list.
>
> So: Can anyone recommend one? Or even better a comparative grammar or
> protolanguage reconstruction for the whole group? (I may have asked
> this before, but I can find no trace of either question or reply in my
> files).
The grammar of Siberian Yupik isn't bad at all; a bit more
socio-/anthro-linguistic information than usual since one of
the main goals is to document language contact issues in the
language, but there should be ample information on the grammar
itself. It's by Willem de Reuse and is published by the
University of Utah Press.

It strikes me that Jeff Leer has done and published work on
comparative Inuit/Yupik; a search for that author might turn up
something useful.

Dirk

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Dirk Elzinga
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