An Introduction to Classical Nahuatl [Paperback]

A comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, offering a complete and clear treatment of the language's structure, grammar and vocabulary.This book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl and offers a comprehensive and clear treatment of the languages structure, grammar, and vocabulary. By far the most approachable textbook of Nahuatl available, it allows students to progress logically from basic syntax to more complex concepts, with exercises to illustrate each linguistic concept.This book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl and offers a comprehensive and clear treatment of the languages structure, grammar, and vocabulary. By far the most approachable textbook of Nahuatl available, it allows students to progress logically from basic syntax to more complex concepts, with exercises to illustrate each linguistic concept.Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear treatment of the languages structure, grammar, and vocabulary. It is divided into 35 chapters, beginning with basic syntax and progressing gradually to more complex structures. Each grammatical concept is illustrated clearly with examples, exercises, and passages for translation. A key is provided to allow students to check their answers. By far the most approachable textbook of Nahuatl available, this book will be an excellent teaching tool both for classroom use and for readers pursuing independent study of the language. It will be an invaluable resource to anthropologists, ethnographers, historians, archaeologists, and linguists alike.Preliminary lesson: phonology and orthography; 1. Intransitive verbs, word order, absolutive suffix; 2. Nouns and nominal predicates, the plural of nouns, questions and negation; 3. Transitive verbs; 4. Emphatic, interrogative, demonstrative and negative pronouns; 5. Irregular verbs, introduction to locatilӜ