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A Grammar Sketch Of Kinamayo, Benjamin James Schmitt

Theses and Dissertations

Kinamayo (Kamayo) is an Austronesian language spoken on the eastern part of the island of Mindanao, Philippines. This thesis presents a grammar sketch of the case system, a preliminary analysis of the voice system, reference phrase structure, and verb tense, modality, and aspect. The theoretical framework used for this analysis is Role and Reference Grammar. Within this framework, Kamayo is best analyzed as a symmetrical voice language in addition to having an antipassive voice. The case system of active and stative verbs observed in Kamayo supports this analysis. Reference phrases are marked by case, which helps identify syntactic arguments and …

Li Xei: A Phonology Of An Understudied Bahnaric Language In Central Vietnam, Stephanie Lynn Person

Theses and Dissertations

Li Xei is an understudied North Bahnaric language spoken in the province of Quảng Nam in central Vietnam. Li Xei speakers are officially considered members of the Giẻ Triêng ethnic group (also written Jeh Trieng), although Li Xei's exact position within the North Bahnaric branch is unknown. This thesis analyzes 1,591 audio recordings of two native speakers of Li Xei, consisting of single words and multiple-word compounds, to describe its phonemic inventory. In addition, Li Xei reflexes are compared to 774 Proto North Bahnaric reconstructions from Sidwell (2011) to provide a basic description of the most significant sound changes from …

The Iconicity And Non-Arbitrariness Of Body Locations In Four Unrelated Sign Languages, John Samson

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, I show that universally, there is a strong tendency for signs located on the body to have an iconic or non-arbitrary motivation, especially in their original form. I analyze sign language dictionaries from four unrelated sign languages and establish an iconic or non-arbitrary link between the form of the signs and their meaning, and classify those links according to 8 categories of body location iconicity and 3 categories of non-arbitrariness. The strength of this tendency depends on the percentage of signs that are shown to have an iconic or non-arbitrary link. For the data analyzed here this …

Complex Predicates In Southern Turkmen: A Role And Reference Grammar Analysis, Nathaniel Andrew Shaver

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis uses the concepts of nexus and juncture, as articulated by Role and Reference Grammar, to examine complex verbal constructions found in four collected texts. These texts were collected from four Southern Turkmen (or Turkmen of Afghanistan) speakers. Through transcribing, glossing, and analyzing these texts, a number of complex predicates were identified. These were then described according to their various nexus juncture types. Three nexus juncture varieties were represented in the collected texts. These include clausal coordination, clausal subordination, and core cosubordination. Although not represented in the texts, it was possible to elicit three other provisional nexus juncture varieties. …

Information Structure In Mangghuer: A Narrative Text Analysis Of Topic And Focus In A Mongolic Language Of Northwestern China, Cory Christopher Coogan

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis describes information structure in Mangghuer, a Mongolic language spoken in northwestern China. My analysis relies on a set of twenty-three narrative texts published in the 2005 volume, Folktales of China's Minhe Mangghuer (Chen et al. 2005), and I also draw from the text "Lu Buping," published in the 2001 Mangghuer Folktale Reader (Stuart & Zhu 2001). I rely on Lambrecht's (1994) approach to information structure as a theoretical framework to analyze these texts. I also apply methods from Levinsohn's (2015) "Self Instruction-Materials on Narrative Discourse Analysis." Default information structure in Mangghuer is the topic-comment sentence. The default form …

Resemblance-Oriented Communication Strategies: Understanding The Role Of Resemblance In Signed And Spoken Languages, Daniel R. Eberle

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this thesis is to propose that resemblance plays an important role in human communication. Saussure proposed a characteristic principle of the linguistic sign: that connections between linguistic codes and the objects they signify are arbitrary; however, I intend to show that resemblance, which I define as the visual or aural similarity between a stimulus, the thought it is intended to activate, and the real world target that utterance is about, is an important part of human communication and should be taken into consideration when defining language and proposing theories of human communication.

I have chosen Relevance Theory …

Οτι Recitativum In John’S Gospel: A Stylistic Or A Pragmatic Device?, Stephen H. Levinsohn

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

This paper distinguishes three ways in which speech is reported in the Greek of John's Gospel: directly (without the complementizer hoti), indirectly (with hoti and appropriate changes to first and second person references), and in 'hoti-direct' form (i.e., with hoti but without changes to first and second person references). The default way of reporting speech in Koine Greek is directly. Typically, when using direct speech, the reporter purports to reproduce the original speech verbatim. When in indirect form, the speech is not reported verbatim and/or is backgrounded with respect to what follows. The hoti-direct form is …

A Proposed Structural Model, David D. Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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What Is Why? (Or, Why Is What.), David D. Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Some Forthcoming Titles, David D. Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Elephants In Glass Houses: Aesop Revisited, David D. Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Some Thoughts On Language Philosophy And Structure, David D. Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Shoshone Lexicon, Wesley L. Kosin

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Suggestions On Consulting, David D. Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Notes On Preparation Of Linguistic Papers For Publication, Richard S. Pittman

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Linguistic Writing For Publication, David Thomas

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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Student Abstracts Of Selected Articles, Ron Trail, Nancy Freiberger, Richard Bergman, Kenneth D. Smith, Jean Haggar, Margie Griffin, Elwood Jacobson, Bob Beadle, Gwen Young

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

Vowel Nasality in Sudanese by Ron Trail, abstracted from Robins, R. H. 1957. "Vowel Nasality in Sudanese, A Phonological and Grammatical Study." Studies in Linguistic Analysis, J.R. Firth ed. London: The Philological Society, 87-103.

Style in Huichol by Nancy Freiberger, abstracted from Grimes, Joseph E. 1955. "Style in Huichol Structure," Language 31.31-35.

Trique Tone by Richard Bergman, abstracted from Longacre, Robert E. 1952. "Five Phonemic Pitch Levels in Trique," Acta Linguistica 7.62-82.

Tonme Representation in Mazatec Orthography by Ron Trail, abstracted from Gudschinsky, Sarah. 1959. "Toneme Representation in Mazatec Orthography," Word, 15.446-52.

Totonac Verb Inflection by Kenneth D. Smith, abstracted …

Definitions And Synonyms, Richard L. Phillips

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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A Method For Eliciting Paradigmatic Data From Text, Richard S. Pittman

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

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August 1943, William Preston Davies

W. P. Davies' Newspaper Column ('That Reminds Me')

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