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The Seris And The Comcaac: Sifting Fact From Fiction About The Names And Relationships, Stephen A. Marlett
The Seris And The Comcaac: Sifting Fact From Fiction About The Names And Relationships, Stephen A. Marlett
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
This paper discusses the names that have been used in the literature for the Seri people and the language that they speak, including meanings of those names. It also sorts through proposals that have been made for the relationship of their language to other languages. These topics are presented from a historical perspective so that a non-specialist can understand the facts and see the reasons for the confusion.
Round Vowel And Dorsal Consonant Epenthesis In Seri, Stephen A. Marlett
Round Vowel And Dorsal Consonant Epenthesis In Seri, Stephen A. Marlett
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
Recent work on markedness has claimed that round vowels and dorsal consonants are never epenthesized. However, Seri seems to present exactly these types of epenthesis. Relevant data are presented and discussed, and it is claimed that these rules are valid counterexamples that need to be taken into consideration more seriously.
Polar Questions In Seri, Stephen A. Marlett, Mary B. Moser
Polar Questions In Seri, Stephen A. Marlett, Mary B. Moser
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
Polar questions in Seri are always expressed using an interrogative sentence type which, for such questions, is morphologically distinct, but not syntactically distinct, from declarative sentences. Other facts about polar questions in Seri are described and illustrated as well. (Some of the utterances are linked to sound files and require the Adobe Quicktime plug-in to be installed; this plug-in is normally installed with Acrobat Reader by default.)