Introduction to Classical Nahuatl
James Richard Andrews
Nahuatl is the language used by the ancient Aztecs and the Nahua Indians of Central Mexico. This text introduces the language using an anthropological approach, teaching learners to understand Nahuatl according to its own distinctive grammar and to reject translationalist descriptions based on English or Spanish notions of grammar. In particular, the author emphasizes the nonexistence of words in Nahuatl (except for the few so-called particles) and stresses the nuclear clause as the basis for Nahuatl linguistic organization.
Year:
2003
Edition:
Revised
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press
Language:
english
Pages:
704
ISBN 10:
0806179589
ISBN 13:
9780806179582
File:
PDF, 34.01 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2003