Explores how an anthropological perspective provides a necessary basis for an account of several aspects of the language acquisition process. Discussion focuses on how the patterns of development in phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics appear to be profoundly influenced by the range of adult language structures. (Author/CB)

Endangered languages, or languages on the verge of becoming extinct, are discussed in relation to the larger process of loss of cultural and intellectual diversity. This article summarizes essays presented at the 1991 Linguistic Society of America symposium, "Endangered Languages and Their Preservation." (11 references) (LB)

Proto-Siouan "one" is reconstructed in two versions from two separate cognate sets, both of which are defective in that each has been entirely lacking from one or another of the major Siouan subgroups. One of the sets for "one" is found in Mississippi Valley Siouan, and it contains the same root as the indefinite article that…

There was a time in the Americas when many different languages were spoken by the diverse native peoples. This situation changed rapidly as waves of Europeans arrived, containing and controlling the native peoples, often forcing them to forfeit language and culture. Today remnants of some Native American tribes are striving to find ways to…

Eight essays in ethnolinguistics were compiled for this monograph. "Functions of Speech: An Evolutionary Approach" represents an introduction to the application of linguistic knowledge to the historical and sociological study of peoples. "Speech and Language: On the Origins and Foundations of Inequality among Speakers" expands on the theme of…

This bibliography is a guide to studies of the languages belonging to three branches of the Congo-Kordofanian stock found in Liberia. Many works done before the end of the nineteenth century have been omitted, along with works that only briefly mention Liberian languages, and publications in these languages on nonlinguistic topics. (DS)

Focusses on the problems associated with writing school ethnographies. Ethnographers need to provide a sense of the problems that dictate their research. Summaries of theoretical positions based on anthropology are provided. (RB)

Reviews "Approaches to Language," edited by William C. McCormak and Stephen A. Wurm, published by Mouton (1978). The volume contains 29 papers presented to a subsession of the Language in Anthropology general session of the Ninth International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, held in Chicago in 1973. (AM)

The relationship between forms of language and social stratification is examined using the English language as an example of an open system of status denotation and the Korean language as an example of a closed system. (SW)

The poet Skelton's reputation as a neologist is shown to be exaggerated. The claims of Disraeli and others are reviewed and refuted, based on an analysis of a computer-generated concordance of Skelton's complete English works. Nearly 20 percent of the 1,500 words and senses attributed to Skelton existed prior to his use of them. (18 references)…

Describes and interprets the processes that supervisors currently use in conference, relying on anthropological linguistics and other qualitative techniques. Reconstructs a contextual definition of the supervisor conference and suggests some implications for future supervisory study and practice. Supervisors' controlling behaviors make collegial…

This document is an attempt at a comprehensive bibliography of all published and unpublished materials relevant to the Lakota (Teton Dakota or Teton Sioux) language with comments for most items. The period covered is from 1887 to 1987, the date of the publication of James Pilling's "Bibliography of the Siouan Languages" (1887). Items in…

In a brief analysis of Hopi consonant gradation, residual exceptions to Heath's generalizations about i-ablaut in Uto-Aztecan languages from Hopi are examined. In Heath's (1977, 1978) reconstruction of Proto-Uto-Aztecan verb morphophonemics, a consonant gradation is reconstructed when a final vowel of a consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel (CVCV) root…

Since Berlin and Kay's proposal in 1969 of two universals concerning the meanings of basic color words, three kinds of information have become available to help in understanding the encoding sequence, that is, the temporal order in which the basic color categories are accorded lexical status. McDaniel (1972, 1974, forthcoming) demonstrates that…

A bibliography is presented of written materials relating to Gullah, an Afro-American creole of English. The materials listed were selected with the aim of giving the student of Gullah easier access both to helpful descriptions and to the texts themselves. In some cases, extensive indexing is provided to facilitate the location of Gullah passages…