Morpheme order and semantic scope : word formation in the Athapaskan verb / Keren Rice

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good gilt-blocked cloth copy with dust-stained panels in a near fine if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; (xiii, 453 pages). Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-442) and indexes. Contents; 1. Introduction: Beginning the Journey -- 2. Introducing the Problem -- 3. Global Uniformity and Local Variability: A Possible Account -- 4. First Stop: Introducing the Lexical Items -- 5. A Brief Side Trip: The Position of the Verb Stem -- 6. Ordering of the Lexical Items -- 7. Voice/Valence -- 8. Summary: Lexical Items -- 9. An Introduction to the Functional Elements -- 10. Pronominals -- 11. The Aspect System -- 12. Qualifiers and Their Ordering -- 13. On the Ordering of Functional Items -- 14. The Scope Hypothesis and Simplifying the Lexicon -- 15. Evidence from the Lexicon -- 16. Looking Back, Looking Ahead -- 1. Templates and Affix Ordering -- 2. The Languages -- 3. Summary of Constraints and Language Differences. Subjects; Athapascan languages Verb phrase. Athapascan languages Word order. Athapascan languages Morphemics. Athapascan languages Verb. Athapascan languages Verb phrase. General questions of linguistics and literature. Philology. Grammar. Literature and Language. American Indian languages.