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Dialect Symbols In Aubrey's Dictionary, Pauleena Macdougall Jan 1986

Dialect Symbols In Aubrey's Dictionary, Pauleena Macdougall

Papers on the Penobscot Language

MacDougall's article discusses the translation of Aubery's Abenaki Dictionary and its representation of the Penobscot culture, society, and language.


The Penobscot Dictionary Project: Preferences And Problems Of Format, Presentation, And Entry, Frank T. Siebert Jan 1980

The Penobscot Dictionary Project: Preferences And Problems Of Format, Presentation, And Entry, Frank T. Siebert

Documents

The Penobscot language has been obsolescent for over twenty-five years or more. A rather large body of rnaterial has been gathered at irregular periods, but the labor and cost of assemblage, organization, and presentation have been awesome. A recent grant through the Penobscot Nation to Frank Siebert from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities is duly acknowledged to provide the funds to complete the task and to furnish the required secretarial aid.