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Woodbury, Anthony C., Ed. – 1992
The eight narratives and tales collected here were told by elders of Chevak, an Alaskan village, and tape-recorded there in 1977 and 1978. An introductory section describes the village, dialect usage, and some background on the stories and story genres. The stories are divided into two parts according to an important native distinction between…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, English, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Folk Culture
Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1986
Working papers resulting from the 1986 University of North Dakota Summer Institute of Linguistics include: "Orthographic Reform in Kope" (John M. Clifton); "Ternarity and Obligatory Branching in Piraha" (Daniel Everett); "Reduplication in Majang" (Pete Unseth); "Indirect Objects and Incorporation in Mazatec"…
Descriptors: Eskimo Aleut Languages, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Jochelson, Waldemar, Comp.; Bergsland, Knut, Ed.; Dirks, Moses L., Ed. – 1990
This collection of Aleut stories was originally collected by Russian ethnographer Waldemar Jochelson in 1909-10 in an attempt to preserve Aleut culture. An introductory chapter offers historical background, information about Aleut dialects and dialect groups, notes on the original fieldwork, and descriptive and technical information about the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Ethnography, Folk Culture
Download full textKrauss, Michael, Ed. – 1985
Nine papers on Yupik Eskimo prosody systems are presented. An introductory section gives background information on the Yupik language and dialects, defines prosody, and provides notes on orthography. The papers include: "A History of the Study of Yupik Prosody" (Michael Krauss); "Siberian Yupik and Central Yupik Prosody"…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Eskimo Aleut Languages
Grenoble, Lenore A., Ed.; Whaley, Lindsay J., Ed. – 1998
This edited volume provides an overview of issues surrounding language loss from sociological, economic, and linguistic perspectives. Four parts cover general issues in language loss; language-community responses, including native language instruction in school, community, and home; the value of language diversity and what is lost when a language…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians
