Tonkawa texts : a new linguistic edition /

This book represents the entire remaining oral literature of the Tonkawa people, edited and presented in the original Tonkawa and translated into English along with a wholly new and up-to-date grammatical description. It consists of two different kinds of stories, Night Stories, set in the pre-human...

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Other Authors: Hoijer, Harry, 1904-1976 (Compiler), Wier, Thomas R., 1979- (Translator, Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
North American Indian (Other)
Language Notes:Text in English and Tonkawa.
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2018]
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Summary:This book represents the entire remaining oral literature of the Tonkawa people, edited and presented in the original Tonkawa and translated into English along with a wholly new and up-to-date grammatical description. It consists of two different kinds of stories, Night Stories, set in the pre-human mythological past and Old Stories, in which humans get caught up in unexpected adventures.
Item Description:"Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas Initaitive, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation"--Title page.
Physical Description:xii, 299 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index.
ISBN:9780806158990
0806158999
9780806159881
080615988X