University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects 8-1-1980 A Grammatical Sketch of Berik Peter N. Westrum Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/theses Recommended Citation Westrum, Peter N., "A Grammatical Sketch of Berik" (1980). Theses and Dissertations. 2611. https://commons.und.edu/theses/2611 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A GRAMMATICAL SKETCH OF BERIK by Peter N. Westru,,. Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1966 A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the University of North Dakota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Grand Forks, North Dakota August i960 vimimminmsmmmwmmvmxsmmimimjmmst KWH! vx-jm ; TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF CHARTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABSTRACT . , . ABBREVIATIONS Chapter INTRODUCTION .................... .■ * • ‘ * 1 1.0. Objective ....... A . , • 1 1 » Classification of Berik « • * • • * * * • * 2 1.2. The Data ........' *»1* ®• „*■• * 3 1.3. The Taguv.mic Model . .• « # » 9 • * * » » ' . • 4 1.4. Berik Sound System . , .« i • . • • * • * • * 5 WORDS . * ***••***•*«♦.<i *•* * •**; *»•* 7 2 n. Words— isoiatable units • • • "S* . * * * 7 2.1. Closed elassNS-—never, take suffixes • , * * 7 2.1.1. Response words . , . .i « *■ ■* *■' •» »;• » V * • 7 2.1.2. Pseudo-imperatives . ,> * • * a t 0 * . * * 7 2.1.3. Exclamatory words . , * * * • • V • » * 8 <£ • X • 0 Interrogative63 . , . , « ♦ • . « 8 2.1.5. Numerals ........» « • 4 « • • * * A • • 9 2.1.6. Manner Adverbs , .