An edition of all known manuscript writings in the Massachusetts language by native speakers. Basic linguistic, historical, and ethnographic analyses are included. Massachusetts is an extinct Eastern... Read More
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An edition of all known manuscript writings in the Massachusetts language by native speakers. Basic linguistic, historical, and ethnographic analyses are included. Massachusetts is an extinct Eastern Algonquian language spoken aboriginally and in the Colonial period in what is now southeastern Massachusetts. The Indians speaking this language are those referred to as the Massachusetts, the Wampanoags (or Pokanokets), and the Nausets, who inhabited the region encompassing the immediate Boston area and the area east of Narragansett Bay, incl. Cape Cod, the Elizabeth Isl., Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Illus. with original documents. In two volumes.
Details
- Price: $115.00
- Pages: 791
- Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
- Series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society
- Publication Date: 1st January 1988
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9780871691859
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Native American Languages
Reviews
"These two hefty volumes are certain to become essential references for Algonquianists…[A]n invaluable source of information, written from a native perspective."- John O’Meara, Language
"Superb, exemplary scholarship…essential to any collection in Colonial American history and literature."- L. Evers, CHOICE
An edition of all known manuscript writings in the Massachusetts language by native speakers. Basic linguistic, historical, and ethnographic analyses are included. Massachusetts is an extinct Eastern Algonquian language spoken aboriginally and in the Colonial period in what is now southeastern Massachusetts. The Indians speaking this language are those referred to as the Massachusetts, the Wampanoags (or Pokanokets), and the Nausets, who inhabited the region encompassing the immediate Boston area and the area east of Narragansett Bay, incl. Cape Cod, the Elizabeth Isl., Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket. Illus. with original documents. In two volumes.
- Price: $115.00
- Pages: 791
- Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
- Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
- Series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society
- Publication Date: 1st January 1988
- Trim Size: 6 x 9 in
- ISBN: 9780871691859
- Format: Hardcover
- BISACs:
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Native American Languages
"These two hefty volumes are certain to become essential references for Algonquianists…[A]n invaluable source of information, written from a native perspective."– John O’Meara, Language
"Superb, exemplary scholarship…essential to any collection in Colonial American history and literature."– L. Evers, CHOICE