The Disjunct Boundary in the Navajo and Tanaina Verb Prefix Complexes.

Kari, James

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Publication Date: 1975

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The Disjunct Boundary in the Navajo and Tanaina Verb Prefix Complexes

Kari, James

International Journal of American Linguistics, 41, 4, 330-345, Oct 75

This article discusses Athapascan verb morphology. It is shown that a word-internal boundary before the direct object position in a verb prefix complex plays a significant role in the phonology of two geographically distant languages, Navajo and Tanaina. (CLK)

Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research, Morphology (Languages), Morphophonemics, Navajo, Phonology, Verbs

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