Presents a brief introduction to the Algonquin Indians, including information on their homes, society, food, clothing, family life, and life today.

... Kutenai and Algonquian . In Papers of the 23rd Algonquian Conference , ed . William Cowan , 119-163 . Ottawa : Carleton University . Dryer , Matthew S. 1994. The discourse function of the Kutenai inverse . In Voice and Inversion , ed ...

This is not a book substituting animals for American Indians because Woodchuck visits Algonquian people as well as her animal cousins skunk, raccoon, chipmunk, opossum, moose and muskellunge in Algonquian language places such as Wisconsin, ...

... ALGONQUIAN ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES Branigan , Phil , Julie Brittain , and Carrie Dyck 2005 Balancing Prosody and Syntax in ... ( Kutenai ) and Salish : Proving a Distant Genetic Relationship . In Papers for ICSNL XLI : The Forty - First ...

... Kutenai and Algonquian, he concluded that Kutenai shared some typological traits with Algonquian, but just as many with Salish (see also Dryer 1992, 1994, 1998). When one compares Algonquian with Salish, the two families appear to ...

This book proposes a notion of inverse that differs from two widespread positions found in descriptive and typological studies (one of them restrictive and structure-oriented, the other broad and function-centered).

... Kutenai has no grammatical animate / inanimate distinction , animates are generally chosen over inanimates for proximate status , and humans over non - humans . As in the Algonquian languages , it is more usual for speakers to take the ...