The Navajo verb system: an overview

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Author(s): Robert W. Young
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Year: 2000

Language: English
Pages: 349
City: Albuquerque
Tags: Navajo language;verb;grammar

Chapter 1: Introduction
I. Elements of the verb 1
II. Root-stem types: The classificatory stems 2
III. The verb prefixes 17
IV. Derivational levels in the verb 53
V. Semantics: The derivational process 56
VI. Grammatical categories in the verb 60
VII. Verb inflection 80

Chapter 2: The imperfective mode 85

Chapter 3: The usitative and iterative modes 161

Chapter 4: The perfective mode 165

Chapter 5: The progressive mode 278

Chapter 6: The future mode 296

Chapter 7: The optative mode 307

Appendix: The verbal noun 324