Although thousands of people in Alberta and Montana speak Blackfoot, an Algonquian language, their numbers are diminishing and the survival of Blackfoot is in danger.
Blackfoot Grammar
, the companion volume to
The Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes Third Edition
, provides description and analyses of the major features of Blackfoot grammar and language structures. The changes throughout this third edition reflect approaches refined through years of teaching experience. A new appendix, featuring a lengthy Blackfoot text with interlinear English translation has been added, as well as numerous corrections and additions to every chapter. This third edition of
will be a welcome resource not only for those who wish to learn the language, but for all those with an interest in Native Studies and North American linguistics.