Papers of the Forty-Sixth Algonquian Conference

Papers of the Algonquian Conference

Edited by Monica Macaulay and Margaret Noodin

Published by: Michigan State University Press

Imprint: Michigan State University Press

Sales Date: 2017-09-01

192 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in

ISBN: 9781611862508
Published: September 2017

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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.

Contents

Preface

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

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

Obviation and Information Structure in Meskwaki - Amy Dahlstrom

La sémantique de l’accord à longue distance en algonquin - Brandon J. Fry and Éric Mathieu

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

Ditransitives and Possessor Raising in Mi’gmaq - Michael David Hamilton

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

Animacy and Transitivity Alternations in Blackfoot - Kyumin Kim

Negation and Indefinite Pronouns in Mi’gmaq - Carol-Rose Little

Revisiting Potawatomi Derivational Morphology - Hunter Thompson Lockwood

Discontinuous Constituents in Ojibwe: Accounting for Two Preverbal Words - Cherry Meyer

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

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

Contributors

Monica Macaulay received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of California–Berkeley. She is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and President 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 preservation and revitalization.

Margaret Noodin received an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English and Linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where she also serves as the Director of the Electa Quinney Institute and teaches Anishinaabemowin. She is also cocreator of www.ojibwe.net and has published a bilingual edition of poetry in Anishinaabemowin and English.