Introduction to Classical Nahuatl

Introduction to Classical Nahuatl
ISBN-10
0806134526
ISBN-13
9780806134529
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
678
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Author
James Richard Andrews

Description

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.

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