Athabaskan Languages

CONTENTS



Introduction 3



1. The Semantics of Classification in Koyukon Athabaskan. 9

Melissa Axelrod

2. A Semantic Basis for Navajo Syntactic Typology 28

Leonard M. Faltz

3. Generalizations in Navajo 51

Theodore B. Fernald

4. Negative Polarity Expressions in Navajo 73

Ken Hale and Paul Platero

5. Word Order in Apache Narratives 92

Dagmar Jung

6. The Negative/Irrealis Category in Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit 101

Jeff Leer

1. On a Bipartite Model of the Athabaskan Verb 139

Joyce McDonough

8. Monadic Verbs and Argument Structure in Ahtna, Slave

and Navajo, 167

Keren Rice

9. The Semantics of the Navajo Verb Base 200

Carlota S. Smith

10. Iconicity and Word Order in Koyukon Athabaskan 228

Chad L. Thompson

11. Navajo as a Discourse Configurational Language 252

MaryAnn Willie and Eloise Jelinek

12. The Function and Signification of Certain Navajo Particles 288

Robert W. Young and William Morgan

13. Sacred and Secular Issues in Navajo Education 318

Theodore B. Fernald and Paul R. Platero

Subject Index 325

Language Index 330



Oxford University Press. 2000.