BIC SubjectsLinguistics/Uto-Aztecan languages

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Ute Dictionary

T. Givón

This third volume of our Ute language collection contains the Ute dictionary. It opens with several introductory chapters that link the dictionary to our Ute Reference Grammar (2011) and explain the structure and use of the dictionary. The bulk of the information on the meaning and usage of Ute… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 15] 2016. xiv, 373 pp.

Ute Texts

Compiled and edited by T. Givón

This second volume of our Ute trilogy contains a collection of Ute oral texts. Ute oral literature reflects the life experience of a small-scale hunting-and-gathering Society of Intimates and its tight connection to the local terrain, flora and fauna that supported the hunter-gatherer life. Ute… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 7] 2013. xvi, 333 pp.

Ute Reference Grammar

T. Givón

Ute is a Uto-Aztecan language of the northernmost (Numic) branch, currently spoken on three reservations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Like many other native languages of Northern America, Ute is severely endangered. This book is part of the effort toward its preservation. Typologically,… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 3] 2011. xxiii, 441 pp.