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Kyle, John, Ed.; Khym, Hangyoo, Ed.; Kookiattikoon, Supath, Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1997
Four papers on Native American languages include these: "Reduplicated Numerals in Salish" (Gregory D. S. Anderson), which analyzes these patterns in Salish and compares them with other Salish languages; "Unitariness and Partial Identification in the Bella Coola Middle Voice" (David Beck), which argues for a single morpheme,…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns
Oliverio, Giulia R. M., Ed.; Linn, Mary Sarah, Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1993
The aim of this journal is to provide a forum for the presentation in print of the latest original research, chiefly by the faculty and students of the Department of Linguistics and related departments of the University of Kansas, but others not associated with the university may also contribute. Part I of this issues, on General Linguistics,…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English
Brady, Elizabeth, Ed. – Canadian Woman Studies = Les Cahiers de la Femme, 1989
This journal volume by and about Indian, Inuit, and Metis native Canadian women, contains articles, interviews, book reviews, fiction, poetry, journal entries and art. It is dedicated to the grandmothers who managed to hold on to old ways, teachings, and feelings, and to pass them on. Poems and stories create personal portraits and reminiscences…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Canada Natives
Maia, Marcus – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1997
A study of verb agreement and clause structure in Karaja, a Brazilian indigenous language of Macro-Je stock, discusses the subject and object agreement systems with relation to the Feature Specification Constraint. Implementation of the SOV order in Karaja is then analyzed and evidence is presented for the existence of a single functional phrase…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Indigenous Populations
Lee, In, Ed.; Schiefelbein, Scott, Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1990
This serial is intended as a forum for the presentation, in print, of the latest original research by the faculty and students of the Department of Linguistics and other related departments at the University of Kansas. Papers are as follows: "Interpreting St. Clair's Comanche Texts: Objective Case Marking and 'Same Subject' Dependent…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Case (Grammar), Elementary Secondary Education
Fareh, Shehdeh; Yumitani, Yukihiro – 1987
Seven original research papers by faculty and students of the Linguistics Department and other related departments of the University of Kansas are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "Particles in Tojolabal Mayan Discourse" (Jill Brody); "One Hundred Years of Lakota Linguistics (1887-1987)" (Willem J. de Reuse);…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context
Ok, Jong-seok, Ed.; Taneri, Mubeccel, Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1989
Eight original research papers on Native American languages by faculty and students of the Linguistics Department and other related departments of the University of Kansas are presented. The titles and authors include the following: "Comanche Consonant Mutation: Initial Association or Feature Spread?" (James L. Armagost); "The Alsea…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Annotated Bibliographies, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Notes on Linguistics, 1990
This document consists of the four issues of "Notes on Linguistics" published during 1990. Articles in the four issues include: "The Indians Do Say Ugh-Ugh" (Howard W. Law); "Constraints of Relevance, A Key to Particle Typology" (Regina Blass); "Whatever Happened to Me? (An Objective Case Study)" (Aretta…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Case Studies
Roby, Linda M., Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1994
This collection of papers presents the latest original research by the institutions. The papers in Number 1 are: (1) "Xhosa departments of the University of Kansas, as well as contributors from other institutions. The papers in Number 1 are: (1) "Xhosa Nominal Tonology: A Domain-Based Approach" (Mbulelo Jokweni); (2) "On the…
Descriptors: African Languages, American Indian Languages, Chinese, Dakota
Dayo, Dixie Masak, Ed. – Sharing Our Pathways, 2002
This document contains the five issues of "Sharing Our Pathways" published in 2002. This newsletter of the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI) documents efforts to make Alaska rural education--particularly science education--more culturally relevant to Alaska Native students. Articles include "Nurturing Native Languages"…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Literacy Works, 1993
Four issues of the newsletter are included. Number 1, with the theme "Literacy and New Canadians," includes an editorial on the government's new language training programs, articles on programs for newcomers, news from the Prairie Literacy Institute, and short reports on a theater project and adolescent problems. Focusing on…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, American Indian Languages, Business, Canada Natives
Dayo, Dixie Masak, Ed. – Sharing Our Pathways, 2001
This document contains the five issues of "Sharing Our Pathways" published in 2001. This newsletter of the Alaska Rural Systemic Initiative (AKRSI) documents efforts to make Alaska rural education--particularly science education--more culturally relevant to Alaska Native students. Articles include "Research and Indigenous…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Abu-Ali, Beth, Ed.; Bruch, Julie, Ed. – 1988
Fourteen original research papers by faculty and students of the Linguistics Department and other related departments of the University of Kansas are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "A Kinesic Approach to Understanding Communication and Context in Japanese" (Bruch); "Correlations between the Three Level Tones and…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Body Language, Canada Natives
Notes on Literacy, 1996
The eight issues of the journal on literacy and literacy education contain papers on: a research project on transitional education; passive literacy among the Cheyenne; constructing a syllabus using the Gudschinsky method (in French); trends in literacy education; "indiginizing" punctuation marks; literacy acquisition among Peruvian Amazon…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Curriculum Design