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.
ContentsPrefaceAlgonquian Verb Paradigms: A Case for Systematicity and Consistency - Antti Arppe, Chris Harvey, Marie-Odile Junker, and J. Randolph ValentineHistorical Concepts and Perceptions of Snakes in Western Algonquian Bows - Roland BohrShe Beads like a Cocom but Designs like a Young Person: An Exploration of Beading as Anishnaabe Epistemology - Chuck BourgeoisRoot Syntax: Evidence from Algonquian - Rose-Marie Déchaine and Natalie WeberBlackfoot and Core Algonquian Inflectional Morphology: Archaisms and Innovations - Ives GoddardOn Ordering and Reordering Arguments - Michael David HamiltonToward a Detailed Plains Cree VAI Paradigm - Atticus G. Harrigan, Antti Arppe, and Arok WolvengreyThe Role of Final Morphemes in Blackfoot: Marking Aspector Sentience? - Kyumin KimSubjects, Animacy, and Agreement in Mi’gmaq Transitive Verbs - Carol-Rose LittleNominal TAM and the Preterit in Potawatomi - Hunter Thompson LockwoodNoun Categorization in Ojibwe: Animacy Is Gender and Gender Is Separate from the Count/Mass Distinction - Cherry MeyerVowel-Consonant Coalescence in Blackfoot - Mizuki MiyashitaBlackfoot Sibling Terms: Representing Culturally Specific Meanings in a Blackfoot-English Bilingual Dictionary - Madoka Mizumoto and Inge GeneeLexicographical Dilemmas from the Perspective of Bezhik ENshinaabemat - Mary Ann Naokwegijig-CorbiereBaraga’s Jesus o Bimadisiwin - Richard A. RhodesExpressing Comparison in Cheyenne - Todd Snider and Sarah E. MurrayAn Overview of Change of State Lexicalization Patterns in Innu - Fanny YorkContributors
