A Grammar of Southern Pomo - 9781496217653

A Grammar of Southern PomoAuthor(s): Neil Alexander Walker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9781496217653, 978-1496217653\nSynopsis\nA title in the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.\n\nA Grammar of Southern Pomo is the first comprehensive description of the Southern Pomo language, which lost its last fluent speaker in 2014. Southern Pomo is one of seven Pomoan languages once spoken in the vicinity of Clear Lake and the Russian River drainage of California. Prior to European contact, a third of all Pomoan peoples spoke Southern Pomo, and descendants of these speakers are scattered across several present-day reservations. These descendants have recently initiated efforts to revitalize the language.\n\n The unique culture of Southern Pomo speakers is embedded in the language in several ways. There are separate words for the.