Grammar Table of Contents


This page provides a table of contents to the on-line grammar, which is in its infant stages right now (there's almost nothing in it!). Click on a chapter's title to move to its detailed contents, or any detailed topic title to go to the corresponding page.

Chapter Titles

I. Background Information

II. Sounds and Writing

III. Parts of Speech

IV. Paradigms

IV. Words and Word Families

Detailed Contents for Each Chapter

I. Background Information | Back to Top

The Algonquian Language Family

Anishinaabemowin Dialects Introduction

Previous Studies in Anishinaabemowin Dialectology

Anishinaabemowin Dialect Maps Introduction

Steps in Creating Isogloss Lines

Blank Map for Dialect Analysis

Dialect Variation Map: Two

Dialect Variation Map: Three

Dialect Variation Map: Bed

Dialect Variation Map: Chair

Dialect Variation Map: Bottle

Dialect Variation Map: Be Clean (VAI)

Dialect Variation Map: My Face

Dialect Variation Map: Fish with a Line (VAI)

Dialect Variation Map: Be Hard/Be Difficult (VII)

Dialect Variation Map: My Hand

Dialect Variation Map: House

Dialect Variation Map: Cap/Hat

Dialect Variation Map: Cow

Dialect Variation Map: Candy

Dialect Variation Map: Crucifix

Dialect Variation Map: Frying Pan

Dialect Varition Map: VAI Conjunct 3 Suffix

Dialect Variation Map: VAI Independent 2p Suffix

Dialect Variation Map: VAI Imperative 21 Suffix

Dialect Variation Map: VII Independent 0p Suffix

Dialect Variation Map: VTA Conjunct 3s-1s Suffixes

II. Sounds and Writing | Back to Top

Sounds and Writing

The Sounds of Anishinaabemowin: Consonants and Vowels

The Vocal Tract

Vowels

Vowel Spelling Practice

Vowel Spelling Practice Key

Nasalized Vowels

Vowel Rounding

Differences Between Anishinaabemowin and English Vowels

Stress and Rhythm

Consonants

Consonant Examples

Consonants: Strong and Weak

Consonants: Shifts Between Weak and Strong

Spelling Practice (Whole Words)

Spelling Practice Key (Whole Words)

The Double Vowel Writing System: Capitalization

Writing Prefixes, Preverbs and Prenouns

Alphabetic Order

Syllabic Writing

III. Parts of Speech | Back to Top

Nouns (Overview)

Nouns: Gender: Animate and Inanimate

Nouns: Number (Singular and Plural)

Nouns: Obviatives

Nouns: Locatives

Nouns: Possession

Nouns: Diminutives

Nouns: Preterits

Verbs (Overview)

Verbs: Transitivity and Animacy

Verbs: Initial Change

Verbs: VAI Short Vowel-Final Inflection

IV. Paradigms | Back to Top

Nouns

Pronouns

VAI Verbs

VII Verbs

VTA Verbs

VTI Verbs

V. Words & Word Families | Back to Top

Introduction (with many pdfs)

Initials and Finals: /-biisaa/ VII 'rain'