Progressive Neutralization in Dimensions of Navaho Stem Matrices

Source: International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 1964), pp. 144-154
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1263482The purpose of this paper is to show how an extremely complex feature of Navaho grammar, the inflection of active verb stems, may be described via matrix theory, revealing patterns not previously set forth in discussions of Athapaskan languages; and how these matrix patterns suggest an internal reconstruction of a mode-aspect matrix which, we hope, will be fruitful in comparative and historical Athapaskan studies.