The Collected Works of Edward Sapir. / Volume VIII, : Takelma Texts and Grammar / / ed. by Victor Golla.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Sapir, Edward,
• HerausgeberIn: Golla, Victor,
• MitwirkendeR: Hymes, Dell H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: The Collected Works of Edward Sapir ; Volume VIII
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (606 p.) :; 1 frontispiece

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Frontispiece: Edward Sapir, about 1913 -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Takelma Language -- Contents -- § 1. Introduction -- §§ 2-24. Phonology -- §§ 25-115. Morphology -- § 25. Introductory -- §§ 26-32. Grammatical processes -- §§ 33-83. I. The verb -- The verb: 1. Verbal Prefixes -- The verb: 2. Formation of Verb-Stems -- The verb: 3. Verbal Suffixes of Derivation -- The verb: 4. Temporal-Modal and Pronominal Elements -- The verb: 5. Auxiliary and Subordinating Forms -- The verb: 6. Nominal and Adjectival Derivatives -- §§ 84-102. II. The noun -- §§ 103-105. III. The pronoun -- §§ 106-109. IV. The adjective -- §§ 110,111. V. Numerals -- §§ 112-114. VI. Adverbs and particles -- § 115. VII. Interjections -- § 116. Conclusion -- Appendix A: 1. Comparative table of pronominal forms -- Appendix B: Specimen texts with analysis -- Takelma Texts (1909) -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- KEY TO THE PHONETIC SYSTEM EMPLOYED -- I. MYTHS: 1. Coyote and his Rock Grandson: -- I. MYTHS: 2. Daldal as Transformer -- I. MYTHS: 3. Panther and his Deer-Wife -- I. MYTHS: 4. Panther and Coyote -- I. MYTHS: 5. Coyote and Fox -- I. MYTHS: 6. Coyote and Pitch -- I. MYTHS: 7. Coyote in a Hollow Tree -- I. MYTHS: 8. Coyote Visits the Land of the Dead -- I. MYTHS: 9. Coyote and the Origin of Death -- I. MYTHS: 10. Coyote Goes Courting -- I. MYTHS: 11. Jack Rabbit is Calumniated by Coyote -- I. MYTHS: 12. Beaver Ferries the Deer across Rogue River -- I. MYTHS: 13. Grizzly Bear and Black Bear -- I. MYTHS: 14. Eagle and the Grizzly Bears -- I. MYTHS: 15. Chicken-Hawk Revenges himself upon Medicine-Men -- I. MYTHS: 16. The Four Otter Brothers and Chicken-Hawk -- I. MYTHS: 17. The Otter Brothers Recover their Father’s Heart -- I. MYTHS: 18. Crow and Raven Go for Water -- I. MYTHS: 19. Skunk, the Disappointed Lover -- I. MYTHS: 20. The Flood -- I. MYTHS: 21. Acorn Woman Revenges herself Upon a Medicine-Man -- I. MYTHS: 22. Rock Woman and a Mountain are a Medicine-Man’s Bane -- I. MYTHS: 23. The Rolling Skull -- I. MYTHS: 24. Eel the Singer -- II. CUSTOMS AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES -- III. MEDICINE FORMULAS -- VOCABULARY -- Editorial Notes -- Errata to Takelma Texts -- Photograph of Frances Johnson -- The Discourse Patterning of a Takelma Text -- Coyote and His Rock Grandson -- References -- Index