Beginning Creek = Mvskoke emponvkv

Book

Beginning Creek = Mvskoke emponvkv / Pamela Innes, Linda Alexander, and Bertha Tilkens.

Innes, Pamela Joan. (Author). Alexander, Linda, 1917- (Added Author). Tilkens, Bertha, 1936- (Added Author).

Summary:

"Beginning Creek provides a basic introduction to the language and culture of the Mvskoke speaking peoples, Muskogee (Creek) and Seminole Indians. Written by linguistic anthropologist Pamela Innes and native speakers Linda Alexander and Bertha Tilkens, the text is accessible to general readers and students and is accompanied by two compact discs."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 0806135832
ISBN: 9780806135830
Physical Description: xviii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 2 audio discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-245) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: The Mvskoke Alphabet and Phonemes -- Representative Two- and Three-Letter Syllables -- Vocabulary -- An Introductory Conversation -- The Muskogee Language Family -- Tonal Accent -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- A Brief History of the Muskogee -- Simple Sentence Structure -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- The Number Four (Osten) in Mvskoke Life -- Adjectives and Adjectival Phrases -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- Colors -- Adverbs -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- Clans in Mvskoke Life -- Singular Subject Affixes and Stative Verbs -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- Mvskoke Kinship -- Verb Prefixes Denoting Singular Objects -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- Food in Mvskoke Life -- Recent Past Tense -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- Traditional Ceremonial Grounds -- Middle, Distant, and Remote Past Tenses -- Vocabulary -- Conversational Sentences -- Christianity in the Mvskoke Community -- Negation -- Vocabulary -- The Impact of Education on the Mvskoke -- Interrogatives -- Vocabulary -- The Role of Elders in Mvskoke Life -- Glossary: Mvskoke to English -- Glossary: English to Mvskoke -- Glossary: Linguistic Terms.