In one of the most thorough studies ever prepared of a California language, Hill’s grammar reviews the phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse features of Cupeño, a Uto-Aztecan (takic) language of California. Cupeño exhibits many unusual typological features, including split ergativity, that require linguists to revise our understanding of the development of the Uto-Aztecan family of languages in historical and areal perspective.
Jane H. Hill is Regents Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Arizona.
550 pp.7 x 10Illus: 40 tables
9780520246379$52.95|£45.00Paper
Dec 2005