Siouan Research Articles

Prolegomena k dějinám Pražské školy jazykovědné [Prolegomena to the history of the Prague Linguistic School] By Josef Vachek (review)

BOOK NOTICES 471 agreement prefixes. These are all useful, but are largely repeated verbatim from lists presented in various chapters earlier. A comprehensive glossary would have been much more useful than the fragmented word lists, and a subject index would have allowed reference to appropriate chapters without repeating so much material. Appendices aside, there is still too much repetition: the same word is sometimes used to illustrate more than one letter, and in these cases the entire definition including associated cultural commentary and stories is repeated, sometimes several times. Teachings 5, 10, and 15 are quizzes; 4, 9, and 14 are review lessons. Each of the other nine teachings contains a section on pronouncing some group of letters; vocabulary, usually some grammatical drill; and copious explanations of Lakota philosophy. The pronunciation sections are to be practiced with a teacher or with the cassette tapes which can be ordered to accompany the book. (I have not heard the tapes, so they are not included in this review.) Vocabulary generally consists of a small group of semantically related words such as numbers, colors, or question words. Grammar explanations briefly cover conjugation of different types of verbs, male and female sentence endings, and similar topics, with examples and a few matching or fill-in-the-blank exercises. Most of the explanations are admirably clear, but I would have liked to see them supplemented with reading selections, dialogues, and many more (and more interesting) exercises. Most of each chapter is devoted to cultural commentary . Some ofthis comes in the form of extended definitions of the words presented for pronunciation practice; some in stories from the author's life. Some comments seem irrelevant; for instance, W objects repeatedly to the English term 'Black Hills' because 'they aren't hills, they are mountains' (82, 198). Some are downright bizarre; for instance, the definition of maku 'chest,' repeated on pp. 42, 192, and 203, includes an extended story of a police officer misunderstanding an injured man's reference to his chest (maku ki 'the chest') as 'my cookies.' Explanation is frequently directed toward pointing out slang meanings of words 'so if people laugh or grin when this word is used you will know why' (194) or toward clarifying the original meaning of words which have taken on undesirable connotations, often having to do with alcohol. For example, otehi 'hard times' refers in 'reservation language' to 'a hangover and no resources for another drink' (21, 216). Much of this material is fascinating, and it is all charmingly presented . W's wry wit is sure to appeal to his intended audience (reservation youth, not linguists) but it is not clear to me how these stories will teach anyone to actually speak or write Lakota. The orthography used in this book, a recently developed one, uses an array ofdiacritics to show aspiration and glottalization of stops and Greek eta for nasal vowels. Aside from its typographical complexity and overdifferentiation (two different diacritics used for velar and laryngeal aspiration, which are nonphonemic) this is not abad alphabet. But it unfortunately adds yet another contender to the already crowded field of competing Siouan orthographies. One of the best features of the book is Appendix B, a comparison chart of all the commonly used Lakota spelling systems. Reading this book one gains considerable insight into the society in which W grew up—and a little knowledge of the Lakota language as well. In spite ofits flaws Reading and writing the Lakota language is a welcome addition to the few resources available for teaching Siouan languages. [Catherine Rudin, Wayne State College.] Prolegomena k dejinám Prazské skoly jazykovëdné [Prolegomena to the history of the Prague Linguistic School]. By Josef Vachek. Jinocany, Czech Republic : H & H, 1999. Pp. 137. Prolegomena was completed by Vachek soon after the appearance ofhis memoirs in 1994 (see my book notice in Language 70:847) but was not published until 1999, three years after his death. Although the author stated in the introduction that this work was only a very modest contribution to the history of linguistic studies stimulated by the Prague School, V was active in it almost from its beginning in 1926 (his first lecture was in February...

Nouns In Tutelo

My purpose in this paper is to sketch the different features of noun grammar in Tutelo, a Siouan language of the East. A description of derivational processes will not be attempted here though as much more study is required before an accurate account can be given.

Placenames From Longfellow's “Song of Hiawatha”

AbstractNo American literary work has had more influence on the adoption of Indian place names in North America than Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha (1855). At least a hundred placenames, not counting duplications, are traceable to this poem. All (except those named for the title character) are from Algonquian or Siouan languages and reflect to a degree the influence of John Tanner, Mary Eastman, and Lewis H. Morgan. The names are taken not only from mythological figures, but also from aboriginal terms for flora, fauna, and cultural objects.

On Some Ohio Valley Siouan and Illinois Algonquian Words for 'Eight'

On Some Ohio Valley Siouan and Illinois Algonquian Words for 'Eight'

Excursions in Siouan Sociology

Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation David Reed Miller; Excursions in Siouan Sociology. American Indian Culture and Research Journal 1 January 1985; 09 (2): 49–57. doi: https://doi.org/10.17953/aicr.09.2.e10956072675n03j Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest Search

The National Endowment for the Humanities and its Support for Lexicography

THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND ITS SUPPORT FOR LEXICOGRAPHY Dorothy Wartenberg The following is a list of dictionary projects and data bases supported, in whole or in part, by the Research Division of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1967 to date. The dates given are those during which the projects have received funding from NEH. While the Endowment's budget has decreased somewhat since 1 980, there has been no significant reduction in the funds available for research tools and reference works (such as dictionaries), and the Endowment expects to award at least $3 million in outright and matching funds in this area alone in fiscal years 1984. You are invited to look through this list in order, first, to get a sense ofthe variety and range ofprojects that have received funding up to now, and second, to see where there are gaps, particularly in regard to major reference works, for which outside funding may be necessary. The Endowment would appreciate having your comments and suggestions. Prospective applicants should discuss their projects with NEH and ask for staff comments on a preliminary draft before submitting a formal proposal. The next deadline for Research Tools (dictionaries, encyclopedias , data bases) is October 1, 1984. Please write or call: Dorothy Wartenberg, Assistant Director for Reference Works, Research Division, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20506 (202-786-0210). 115 1 16NEH and Lexicography DICTIONARIES ARCHAEOLOGY Stillwell, Richard, Princeton University Press, Princeton Dictionary of Classical Archaeology Project, 1 968-70; 1970-76. FILM Eskino, Andrew H., International Museum of Photography , Planning Project for a Biographical Dictionary on Photographers, 1980-81. HISTORY Near and Middle East—Middle East Bonebakker, Seegar, A., University of California at Los Angeles, Computerization ofArabic Biographical Dictionaries for the Onomasticon Arabicum, 1977-84. Herzog, Marvin L, Columbia University, Preparation and Publication of Language and Atlas of Ashkenazic Jewry, 1978-83. European—Medieval Worth, Dean S., University of California at Los Angeles, Dictionary of the Novgorod Birchbark Letters (Medieval Russian), 1982-84. Asian Hucker, Charles O., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Historical Dictionary ofChinese Official Titles, 1976-78; 1980-82. Dorothy Wartenberg117 LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS Native American Krauss, Michael E., University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Alaska Native Languages Dictionary Project, 1978-84. Mattina, Anthony, University of Montana, Colville Dictionary , 1980-83. Rhodes, Richard A., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Eastern Ojibwa-Ottawa Dictionary, 1981-84. Rood, David S., University of Colorado, Siouan Languages Archive, 1977-8 1 . Salzmann, Zdenek, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Dictionary of Contemporary Araphano Usage , 1981-83. Siebert, Frank T., Penobscot Nation, Research and Preparation of Penobscot Dictionary Project, 1979-83. Taylor, Allan R., University of Colorado, Gros Ventre Dictionary, 1979-83. Thompson, Laurence, C, Pacific and Asian Linguistic Institute, Salish Indian Lexicography, 1979-83. Thompson, Laurence C, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Salish Indian Dictionaries: Klallam and Tillamook, 1982-84. Yound, Robert W., University of New Mexico, Navajo/ English-English/Navajo Dictionary, 1974-76. Hispanic American Boyd-Bowman, Peter M., Research Foundation of SUNY Buffalo, The Linguistic Analysis of Spanish Colonial Documents, 1974-82. Boyd-Bowman, Peter M., Research Foundation of SUNY Buffalo, Spanish-American Lexicon of the Nineteenth Century, 1982-84. 1 1 8 NEH and Lexicography American/British Bailey, Richard W., University of Michigan, The Early Modern English Dictionary, 1973-76. Cassidy, Frederic G., University ofWisconsin, Dictionary of American Regional English, 1971-84. Fraser, Russell A., University of Michigan, Early Modern English Dictionary, 1971-72. Nicolaisen, Wilhelm, SUNY at Binghamton, A Concise Dictionary of Scottish Place Names, 1983-86. Robinson, Jay L., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, The Middle English Dictionary, 1980-85. Sherman, Donald, Unaffiliated, Dictionary ofEarly Modern English Pronunciation 1500-1800 (including a computer version) 1 974-77. European—French Valdman, Albert, Indiana University, Preparation of a Dictionary of Creole French, 1974-81. European—German Lehmann, Winfred P., University of Texas at Austin, A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, 1980-84. Lloyd, Albert L., University of Pennsylvania, An Etymological Dictionary of Old High German, 1978-84. Wells, John C, Tufts University, Dictionary of the Old High German Glosses, 1967-73; 1976-81. European—Greek Georgacas, D. J., University of North Dakota at...

The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages. Wallace L. Chafe

<i>The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages</i>. Wallace L. Chafe

: The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages . Wallace L. Chafe. ; A Grammar of Biloxi . Paula Ferris Einaudi. ; A Grammar of Pawnee . Douglas R. Parks. ; Wichita Grammar . David S. Rood.

American AnthropologistVolume 80, Issue 2 p. 458-459 Free Access Linguistics: The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages. Wallace L. Chafe: A Grammar of Biloxi. Paula Ferris Einaudi: A Grammar of Pawnee. Douglas R. Parks: Wichita Grammar. David S. Rood James M. Crawford, James M. Crawford University of GeorgiaSearch for more papers by this author James M. Crawford, James M. Crawford University of GeorgiaSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1978 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1978.80.2.02a00930AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume80, Issue2June 1978Pages 458-459 RelatedInformation

The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages

The Caddoan, Iroquoian, and Siouan Languages

On Verbs of Motion in Siouan Languages

Previous articleNext article No AccessOn Verbs of Motion in Siouan LanguagesAllan R. TaylorAllan R. Taylor Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by International Journal of American Linguistics Volume 42, Number 4Oct., 1976 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/465433 Views: 9Total views on this site Citations: 3Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1976 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Rainer Osswald, Robert D. Van Valin Jr. Chapter 10. The description of transitive directed motion in Lakhota (Siouan), (Jul 2022): 209–233.https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.72.10ossMarcin Kilarski A History of the Study of the Indigenous Languages of North America, 129 (Nov 2021).https://doi.org/10.1075/sihols.129Guillaume Jacques The spontaneous-autobenefactive prefix in Japhug Rgyalrong, Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 38, no.22 (Feb 2016): 271–291.https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.38.2.08jac

Some Notes on the Proto-Siouan Continuants

Previous articleNext article No AccessSome Notes on the Proto-Siouan ContinuantsG. H. MatthewsG. H. Matthews Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by International Journal of American Linguistics Volume 36, Number 2Apr., 1970Hans Wolff Memorial Issue: Fascicle II Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/465102 Views: 13Total views on this site Citations: 3Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Fernando de Carvalho, Françoise Rose Comparative Reconstruction of Proto-Mojeño and the Diversification of Mojeño Dialects, LIAMES: Línguas Indígenas Americanas 18, no.11 (Jan 2018): 3–44.https://doi.org/10.20396/liames.v1i1.8648804Mary R. Haas American Indian Linguistic Prehistory, (Jan 1976): 23–58.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1559-0_2Marianne Mithun, Raymond Hickey Native North American Languages, (): 878–933.https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107279872.032

The Last Words of Biloxi

1. The Siouan affinity of the Biloxi language was not known until 1886 when Albert S. Gatschet of the Bureau of American Ethnology rediscovered a remnant of the tribe living near Lecompte, La. At that time the chief authority on Siouan languages was James Owen Dorsey, who recorded Biloxi texts and vocabulary materials between January 14 and February 21, 1892 and again in February, 1893.1 In 1908 John R. Swanton discovered the last speaker of Ofo living among the Tunica near Marksville, La., and learned, to his surprise,2 that that language was also of Siouan affinity. He collected what he could of the language and prepared a dictionary. In the meantime he had also been engaged in editing the Dorsey manuscript dictionary of Biloxi. In 1912 the materials

Comments on the "Siouan Problem"

Comments on the "Siouan Problem"

Siouan Languages in the East

American AnthropologistVolume 60, Issue 4 p. 738-743 Free Access Siouan Languages in the East1 William C. Sturtevant, William C. Sturtevant Bureau of American Ethnology Smithsonian InstitutionSearch for more papers by this author William C. Sturtevant, William C. Sturtevant Bureau of American Ethnology Smithsonian InstitutionSearch for more papers by this author First published: August 1958 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1958.60.4.02a00120Citations: 3 1 Published with the permission of the Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL References Cited Adelung, Johann Christoph and Johann Severin Vater 1816 Mithridates oder allgemeine Sprachenkunde mit dem Vater Unser als Sprachprobe in bey nahe fünf hundert Sprachen und Mundarten. Dritter Theil, Dritte Abtheilung. Berlin. Frachtenberg, Leo J. 1913 Contributions to a Tutelo vocabulary. American Anthropologist 15: 477– 479. Gallatin, Albert 1836 A synopsis of the Indian tribes within the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, and in the British and Russian possessions in North America. Archaeologia Americana, Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society 2: 1– 422. Gatschet, Albert S. 1884 A migration legend of the Creek Indians, with a linguistic, historic and ethnographic introduction. Brinton's Library of Aboriginal American Literature 4. Geary, James A. 1953 Strachey's vocabulary of Indian words used in Virginia, 1612. In The historie of travell into Virginia Britania (1612) by William Strachey, Louis B. Wright and Virginia Freund eds. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Soc., 2d. series, 103. London. Geary, James A. 1955 The language of the Carolina Algonkian tribes. In The Roanoke voyages 1584–1590, David Beers Quinn ed. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Soc., 2nd. ser., 104– 105. London. Hale, Horatio 1877 [Letter to Maj. J. W. Powell.] In Ms. 941, Bur. of Amer. Ethnology Archives. Hale, Horatio 1879 [Letter to Maj. J. W. Powell and accompanying Tutelo vocabulary.] In Ms. 941, Bur. of Amer. Ethnology Archives. Hale, Horatio 1883 The Tutelo tribe and language. American Philosophical Society 21: 1– 45. Harrington, John P. 1955 The original Strachey vocabulary of the Virginia Indian language. Anthropological Papers 46, Bur. of Amer. Ethnol. Bull. 157. Lawson, John 1952 Lawson's history of North Carolina. (Reprint of 1937 ed.) Richmond, Va. Miller, Carl F. 1957 Revaluation of the eastern Siouan problem with particular emphasis on the Virginia branches—the Occaneechi, the Saponi, and the Tutelo. Anthropological Papers 52, Bur. of Amer. Ethnol. Bull. 164. Mooney, James 1894 The Siouan tribes of the east. Bur. of [Amer.] Ethnol. Bull. 22. Powell, J. W. 1891 Indian linguistic families of America north of Mexico. Bur. of [Amer.] Ethnol. 7th Annual Report. Riggs, Stephen Return 1893 Dakota grammar, texts, and ethnography, James Owen Dorsey ed. U. S. Geogr. and Geol. Survey of the Rocky Mt. Region, Contributions to North Amer. Ethnology 9. Sapir, Edward 1913 A Tutelo vocabulary. American Anthropologist 15: 295– 297. Siebert, Frank T., Jr. 1941 Certain Proto-Algonquian consonant clusters. Language 17: 298– 303. Siebert, Frank T., Jr. 1945 Linguistic classification of Catawba. International Journ. of Amer. Linguistics 11: 100– 104;211–218. Swanton, John R. 1923 New light on the early history of the Siouan peoples. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13: 33– 43. Voegelin, C. F. 1941 Internal relationships of Siouan languages. American Anthropologist 43: 246– 249. Wolff, Hans 19501951 Comparative Siouan. International Journ. of Amer. Linguistics 16: 61– 66, 113–121,168–178; 17:197–204. Citing Literature Volume60, Issue4August 1958Pages 738-743 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Lexical and Morphological Contacts between Siouan and Algonquian

Lexical and Morphological Contacts between Siouan and Algonquian

A Problem in Morpheme Alternants and Their Distribution

0. The usual way of presenting morphemes which mark person in Dakota, Winnebago, Oto, and other Siouan languages is by means of paradigms.' Without impugning the validity of description by means of paradigms for some languages, as Japanese2 or Algonquian,3 we are nevertheless aware that for Siouan languages the weakest part of the usual description is found in the paradigms of person markers;4 difficulties here are also recognized by students working with Cherokee, Seneca,6 Oneida,7 and other Iroquois languages.8

Linguistic Classification of Catawba: Part I

Previous articleNext article No AccessLinguistic Classification of Catawba: Part IFrank T. Siebert Jr.Frank T. Siebert Jr. Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by International Journal of American Linguistics Volume 11, Number 2Apr., 1945 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/463859 Views: 14Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:William S. Pollitzer, David S. Phelps, Robert E. Waggoner, Webster C. Leyshon Catawba Indians: Morphology, genetics, and history, American Journal of Physical Anthropology 26, no.11 (Jan 1967): 5–14.https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.1330260103

Internal Relationships of Siouan Languages

N 1883 J. Owen Dorsey established the number of Siouan languages and the dialects of each language.' Today we have only to add three subsequently discovered languages to those listed by Dorsey. The complete Siouan list which follows gives important dialects in parentheses: Dakota (Santee-Yankton-Teton-Assiniboin); Dhegiha (Ponka or Omaha-KansasOsage-Quapaw); Chiwere (Iowa-Oto-Missouri [with the last dialect now extinct]); Winnebago; Mandan; Hidatsa; Crow; Tutelo [extinct]; Catawba; Biloxi [extinct]; Ofo [extinct]. Dorsey was also the first to establish the fact that two or more Siouan languages might bear an especially close relationship. He discovered that sequences of two consonants (CC) plus a following vowel (V) in Iowa-OtoMissouri correspond to sequences of the shape CVCV in Winnebago. The triliteral-quadriliteral rule, as stated by Dorsey, is not entirely restricted to the two languages mentioned, but includes corresponding sequences of the shape CCV in Dakota and Dhegiha dialects. It has none the less become customary to use the term Chiwere for a group which includes only Winnebago and Iowa-Oto-Missouri. Since 1883 practically no new Siouan groups have been postulated on the basis of linguistic evidence, although guesses have not been lacking. In 1931 Kieckers made an eclectic summary of these guesses.2 He assigned the neighboring Biloxi and Ofo near the Gulf of Mexico to a Southern Group; the neighboring Tutelo and Catawba near the Atlantic to an Eastern Group; and he placed the remaining Siouan languages in a Central Group. Such geographic arrangements are circular: Tutelo belongs to an Eastern Group because Tutelo is spoken in the East. In the last decade one of Swanton's opinions has become crystallized: Tutelo and Catawba do not in any sense belong to the same group.3 Anyone who examines the Gatschet-Swanton manuscript of 1900 cards in the Bureau of American Ethnology may see that only a minor fraction of the Catawba lexicon is patently cognate with other Siouan languages; that the personal pronoun elements in Catawba are often difficult to recognize but

Anthropometry of the Siouan Tribes

Anthropometry of the Siouan Tribes

The Algonquian Appellatives of the Siouan Tribes of Virginia

American AnthropologistVolume A8, Issue 4 p. 376-392 Free Access The Algonquian Appellatives of the Siouan tribes of virginia* William Wallace Tooker, William Wallace TookerSearch for more papers by this author William Wallace Tooker, William Wallace TookerSearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1895 https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1895.8.4.02a00030 * Read before Section H, American Association for the Advancement of Science at Springfield, Mass, September 3, 1895 AboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat VolumeA8, Issue4October 1895Pages 376-392 RelatedInformation