Lakota language New Lakota dictionary : Lakota-English, English-Lakota = Lakȟótiyapi-Wašíčuiyapi, Wašíčuiyapi-Lakȟótiyapi

Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9781941461396 
Category
First Nations Language Resources  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2022 
Publisher
Lakota Language Consortium, United States 
Pages
1420 
Subject
Lakota language -- Dictionaries -- English 
Series Name
Abstract
"The New Lakota Dictionary is the largest, most comprehensive, and most reliable dictionary of the Lakota language currently available. Also very user-friendly — it is designed specifically with the learner in mind; providing numerous innovative features that help learners find words and use them correctly. Features include:
- Over 41,000 Lakota entries (21,000 more than in the first edition).
- More than 50,000 example sentences, references, usage notes and collocations.
- 25,000 entries that have not been previously documented in any other Lakota dictionary.
- A consistent orthography that reliably reflects pronunciation.
- Conjugation included in entries of verbs.
- Descriptions of word-stems and stem nests.
- 5,000 entries with new or enhanced content.
- Upgraded system of abbreviations for verb categories, valency numbers, and their derivational features.
- Example sentences now include a refined use of commas, hyphens, and dashes to reflect compounding, subordination and intonation.
- A new grammar section that covers new discoveries in Lakota morphology and syntax."--Back cover. 
Description
xiv, 1420 pages : map ; 27 cm. 
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Lexical categories, abbreviations and dictionary symbols
Quick user's guide, key to English-Lakota entries
Key to Lakota-English entries
Guide to cross-referencing among derivatives and sections
An introductory letter for the third edition by Richard Two Dogs
An introductory letter for the third edition by language learners
An introductory letter for the first two editions by Lakota elders
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Jan Ullrich (Lakota language - its geography and related dialects, Lakota language and a brief history of Lakota lexicography)
Lakota-English section
Grammar section: Lakota lexical categories, their morphology and syntactic functions
English-Lakota section
Bibliography
Conjugation key
Pronunciation guide.  
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