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

From:Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...>
Date:Friday, April 28, 2000, 10:32
> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:25:43 +0200 > From: Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
> >On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Kristian Jensen wrote: > >> BTW, in Appendix 2 of 'Describing Morphosyntax' by Thomas Payne, there > >> is a list of grammars that may serve as models of how a grammatical > >> description may be organized. The grammars listed have been judged as > >> 'successful' by an informal panel of professional and student linguists > >> who have actually used reference grammars in their research. I could > >> post this list of grammars if interested.
> <span style="placeholder">big snip</span>
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). Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)