Papers of the Forty-Sixth Algonquian Conference

by Monica Macaulay (Editor), Margaret Noodin (Editor)

Overview

Papers of the Algonquian Conference is a collection of peer-reviewed presentations from an annual international forum that focuses on topics related to the languages and cultures of Algonquian peoples. This series touches on a variety of subject areas, including anthropology, archaeology, education, ethnography, history, Indigenous studies, language studies, literature, music, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology. Contributors often cite never-before-published data in their research, giving the reader a fresh and unique insight into the Algonquian peoples and rendering these papers essential reading for those interested in studying Algonquian society. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611862508
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Series:	Papers of the Algonquian Conference
Edition description:	1
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Monica Macaulay received her PhD in linguistics from the University of California-Berkeley. She is a professor of language sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and on the board of the Endangered Language Fund, a nonprofit organization that funds language revitalization and preservation projects around the world. She also works closely with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin on language reclamation and revitalization.

Margaret Noodin received an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in English and linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she teaches Anishinaabemowin and also serves as the associate dean of the humanities. She is also cocreator of www.ojibwe.net and has published two bilingual collections of poetry in Anishinaabemowin and English.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Patterns of Syncretism in Nominal Paradigms: A Pan-Algonquian Perspective Heather Bliss Will Oxford 1

Two Idiomatic Verbs of Speaking in North East Cree Vincent Collette 19

Obviation and Information Structure in Meskwaki Amy Dahlstrom 39

La sémantique de l'accord à longue distance en algonquin Brandon J. Fry Éric Mathieu 55

Agi nenadi iboni medgakiwiyattini: Understanding the Individual in Meshkwaki Culture through History Erik D. Gooding 71

Ditransitives and Possessor Raising in Mi'gmaq Michael David Hamilton 81

The Syntax of Medial Incorporation and Concrete Finals in Menominee Meredith Johnson Bryan Rosen 101

Animacy and Transitivity Alternations in Blackfoot Kyumin Kim 123

Negation and Indefinite Pronouns in Mi'gmaq Carol-Rose Little 141

Revisiting Potawatomi Derivational Morphology Hunter Thompson Lockwood 163

Discontinuous Constituents in Ojihwe: Accounting for Two Preverbal Words Cherry Meyer 183

Obviation, Inversion, and the Notion of Topic in Algonquian Richard A. Rhodes 197

Algonquian Naming, Power, and Relationality in a Rare Native Love Poem Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel 213

Contributors 223