Jicarilla Apache (Book/Cassette Course) [Audio Cassette]

Rita V. Martine (Author), Alan Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1996

This basic course provides vocabulary and sentence structures used in everyday conversation. Following pronunciation section, lesson units include dialogs, textual and grammatical explanations, and exercises for review and practice. Cultural notes on Apache humor, taboos, and idiomatic usage are interspersed in the 21 lesson units. Throughout the text Jicarilla Apache is compared with western Apache and other Apachean languages. The author is Alan Wilson, with Rita V. Martine, native Jicarilla Apache speaker. Re-issued on CD in 2005.
4 audio CDs (4 hrs.) & 137-p. text. Order no. AFAP10D.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Jeffrey Norton Pub; 4 tapes edition (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0884329038
• ISBN-13: 978-0884329039
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,634,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good language learning course, October 13, 2003

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Laura Redish (Twin Cities, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jicarilla Apache (Book/Cassette Course) (Audio Cassette)

This course features dialogues, vocabulary, exercises, and cultural context. The tape is clear and was made by a native speaker. As a bonus, there is information about Western Apache and Navajo too. People interested in Apache need to realize it is VERY different from English and is much harder for English speakers to learn than French or Russian (which are related to English). You won't listen to this tape a few times and come up speaking Apache. However, if you have realistic expectations, this is a great course that can teach you much about Jicarilla, Chiricahua, and Mescalero Apache language and culture.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars ok, January 28, 2006

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K. Mullin - See all my reviews
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This book is very elementary; however, there is not very much pedagogical published on Apachean languages that is readily available (except, of course, Navajo). So, language learners will need to try to get all they can get their hands on.

The main purpose of this review is to advertise some recent works:

(1) a Jicarilla Apache dictionary is going to be published very soon, most probably this year in 2006.

(2) There is an advanced pedagogical grammar of a different but related language. Published just this year is Willem de Reuse & Phillip Goode's "A Practical Grammar of the San Carlos Apache Language" published by LINCOM. (ISBN: 3895868612).

5.0 out of 5 stars A+++, September 4, 2008

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T. Castillo "Bear Claw" (CC, Tx. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jicarilla Apache (Audio CD)

I am very happy with the product. It was better than I had expected. It is a great beginning and I hope more is comming soon.