@phdthesis{91553,
  address               = {Ann Arbor},
  author                = {Charney, Jean Ormsbee},
  note                  = {Includes bibliographical references (S [328]-331)},
  pages                 = {xxi+331},
  publisher             = {UMI},
  school                = {University of Colorado at Boulder},
  title                 = {A Grammatical Sketch of the Comanche Language},
  year                  = {1989},
  abstract              = {This dissertation is an analysis of the Comanche language. Comanche belongs to the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family and is spoken by a handful of people (generally aged 65 and older) who mostly live in the vicinity of Lawton, Oklahoma. This analysis is based on the model of a descriptive grammar developed by Mary Haas and her students at the University of California at Berkeley in the 1950s and 1960s. The phonology, morphology and syntax of the language are described and exemplified in some detail. Comanche manifests the 'final features' of most Numic languages in interesting ways. It has a morphology which is fairly easy to identify-there is little in the way of complex morphophonemics beyond the final feature system. There is a wealth of affixation in many areas of the language-for instance, the instrumental prefixes, the postpositions and the verbal suffixes. The pronominal system contains a wealth of different forms, and nominals and pronominals are inflected for subjective, objective and possessive case. The most important element of the sentence is usually marked with one of two topic markers, and demonstratives are marked for the speaker's presumption of the hearer's knowledge of them. Sentences with more than one verb manifest the switch reference system which is well known in Numic languages.},
  adviser               = {Taylor, Allan R.},
  bestfn                = {north_america\charney_comanche1989v2_o.pdf},
  besttxt               = {ptxt2\north_america\charney_comanche1989v2_o.txt},
  cfn                   = {north_america\charney_comanche1989_o.pdf},
  citekeys              = {cldf1:Charney-1989},
  class_loc             = {PM921},
  degree                = {PhD},
  delivered             = {north_america\charney_comanche1989_o.pdf},
  digital_formats       = {PDF 12.41Mb image-only PDF},
  document_type         = {B},
  fn                    = {north_america\charney_comanche1989.pdf, north_america\charney_comanche1989v2_o.pdf, north_america\charney_comanche1989v2.pdf, north_america\charney_comanche1989_o.pdf, north_america\charney_comanche1989v3_o.pdf, north_america/charney_comanche1989_o.pdf, north_america\charney _comanche1989v2.pdf},
  hhtype                = {grammar},
  inlg                  = {English [eng]},
  isreferencedby        = {cldf1},
  lgcode                = {Comanche [com]},
  macro_area            = {North America},
  mpi_eva_library_shelf = {PM 921 CHA 2007},
  mpifn                 = {comanche_charney1989_o.pdf},
  oclc                  = {41634222},
  source                = {DAI-A 51/04, p. 1212, Oct 1990},
  src                   = {cldf, hh, mpieva},
  subject               = {LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS (0290)},
  subject_headings      = {Comanche language – Grammar, Comanche language – Grammar},
  umi_id                = {9024819},
  wals_ref_name         = {Charney 1989}
}