ABSTRACT

In this study the author not only comments on some of the important processes in the syntax of the Mojave language but also provides the reader with an introduction to a language whose grammar had, previous to the titles publication in 1976, never been described. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

chapter |7 pages

Introductory Note on Mojave Phonology

chapter I|127 pages

Elements of Simple-Sentence Structure

chapter II|52 pages

Auxiliary Verbs, Aspect, and Conjunction

chapter III|82 pages

Nominalization and Embedded Clauses

chapter IV|52 pages

The predicate nominal construction