LEADER 04672nam 22006732 450 001 9910785691003321 005 20160223152731.0 010 $a1-107-21607-9 010 $a0-511-99377-3 010 $a1-282-97830-6 010 $a9786612978302 010 $a0-511-77800-7 010 $a0-511-99157-6 010 $a0-511-98876-1 010 $a0-511-99255-6 010 $a0-511-98696-3 010 $a0-511-99058-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000069781 035 $a(EBL)647379 035 $a(OCoLC)700706177 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000470418 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299435 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470418 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10412239 035 $a(PQKB)10456983 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511778001 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL647379 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442827 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL297830 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC647379 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000069781 100 $a20100519d2011|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn introduction to classical Nahuatl /$fMichel Launey ; translated and adapted by Christopher Mackay$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2011. 215 $a1 online resource (xx, 453 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-73229-8 311 $a0-521-51840-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminary lesson: phonetics and writing -- 1. Instransitive verbs, word order, absolutive suffix -- 2. Nouns and nominal predicates, the plural of nouns, questions and negation -- 3. Transitive verbs -- 4. Emphatic, interrogative, demonstrative and negative pronouns -- 5. Irregular verbs, introduction to locatives -- 6. Directional and reflexive prefixes -- 7. Quantifiers, zan, ye, oc -- 8. Preterite tense -- 9. Imperative/optative, vocative, future, imperfect -- 10. Possessed forms of the noun -- 11. Inherent possession, the suffix -yo?, 'to have', possessive nouns -- 12. Nominal suffixes, "adjectives" -- 13. The principal locative suffixes -- 14. Coordination, phrases of time and manner -- 15. Impersonal and passive verb forms -- 16. Agent nouns, the -ni form -- 17. Compound nouns, verbal incorporation -- 18. Bitransitive verbs, ambitransitive verbs -- 19. Causative verbs -- 20. Applicative verbs -- 21. Honorific and deprecatory verbs -- 22. Pluperfect, counterfactual, vetitive, directional conjugations -- 23. Morphological peculiarities of certain nouns and verbs -- 24. More on locatives -- 25. More on quantifiers -- 26. Details about number and person, indefinite pronouns and adverbs -- 27. Compound verbs -- 28. Reduplication outside of the plural, more on verbs -- 29. Derivative verbs -- 30. Derivative nouns -- 31. Noun clauses -- 32. Attributives, relative clauses, copula verbs, semi-auxiliaries -- 33. Comparisons, clauses of result, purpose and cause -- 34. Conditions, more particles -- 35. Temporal clauses, particles, interjections -- Appendix 1. Traditional orthography -- Appendix 2. Inflexional patterns -- Appendix 3. The Aztec calendar -- Appendix 4. Key to the exercises -- Nahuatl-to-English vocabulary -- English-to-Nahuatl vocabulary. 330 $aNow available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar and vocabulary. It is divided into 35 chapters, beginning with basic syntax and progressing gradually to more complex structures. Each grammatical concept is illustrated clearly with examples, exercises and passages for translation. A key is provided to allow students to check their answers. By far the most approachable textbook of Nahuatl available, this book will be an excellent teaching tool both for classroom use and for readers pursuing independent study of the language. It will be an invaluable resource to anthropologists, ethnographers, historians, archaeologists and linguists alike. 606 $aNahuatl language 606 $aNahuatl literature 615 0$aNahuatl language. 615 0$aNahuatl literature. 676 $a497/.45282421 700 $aLauney$b Michel$01096841 702 $aMackay$b Christopher S.$f1962- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785691003321 996 $aAn introduction to classical Nahuatl$93761053 997 $aUNINA