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Medial Verbs, Donald R. Davis

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

No abstract provided.

Cuicateco Indian Tribe, Marjorie Davis

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

Excerpts: "The Cuicateco Indians of Mexico are a tribe without songs, yet they are known as the singing people. The tribal language is a tonal one with many word couplets, triplets and quadruplets which sound alike except for a difference in the tone. To put Cuicateco words to existing tunes in other languages would be a total loss since the music would mar the meaning so much that it could not be understood."

"To compose songs in Cuicateco the relativity of the tones on the words must be preserved in the music."

Supplement To "Shoshone Phonemes" In Und Sil 1967 Workpapers, Wesley L. Kosin

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

The original article, "Shoshone phonemes," can be accessed at commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol11/iss1/4

D. Thomas On The Liar's Paradox, Paul Mellema

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

From the introduction, "Dr. Thomas' paper is to be applauded as an indication that some Wycliffe linguists have joined in the growing rapprochement between linguists and philosophers of language. Philosophers have devoted much attention to subtle analyses of the semantics of certain subparts of language, namely those which are "philosophically interesting." However limited this corpus may be, it behooves linguists to find out how much of the scientific work of philosophers can be salvaged for use in dealing with semantics in linguistics. Similarly, those logicians of wide vision who wish to expand the notation of symbolic logic to capture …

Shoshone Thesaurus, Malinda L. Tidzump

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

Table of Contents:

1. World -- 2. Plants -- 3. Animals -- 4. Body -- 5. Senses -- 6. People's feelings -- 7. Movements, Actions -- 8. Work, Livelihood -- 9. Food, Cooking -- 10. Society, Kinship -- 11. Religion -- 12. Civilization -- 13. Descriptive words, Quality, Quantity -- 14. Language, Grammar

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 13 (1969)

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

No abstract provided.

From Greek To Guarani, Robert E. Meader

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

Using as an illustration a translation of Mark 5:19 from Koiné Greek to Guaraní, the author argues that faithful translation involves identifying the underlying semantic structure of a source text and expressing it in the target language, rather than mechanically transforming surface forms from source to target. Based on a detailed semantic analysis of the passage in the source and target languages, the degree of equivalence between them then indicates the degree of "literalness" or accuracy of translation. Specific issues that are discussed include obligatory features of one language that are not reflected in the other language, such as number …

Shoshone Text, Jack Guina, Rupert Weeks, Wesley L. Kosin

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

No abstract provided.

Swadesh Word List In Shoshone, Herman St. Clair, Wesley L. Kosin

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

No abstract provided.

A Proposal Concerning Relative Clause Formation In Halbi, Betsy Schuyler

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

From the introduction: "The transformational generative model is used here to deal with relative clause formation. The tagmemic model had been used in our analysis of Halbi prior to this summer, 1969."

Hiligaynon Text, Thelma Lozana Genis, Michael Robert Scott

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

No abstract provided.

Shoshone Lexicon, Wesley L. Kosin

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

No abstract provided.

Structure Of The Kogi Verb Auxiliary And Its Distribution In Discourse, Chadwick M. Stendal

Theses and Dissertations

Certain frequent long words in the Kogi (Aruakan) language of Colombia, South America, were regularly translated by the first linguists who worked in the area as meaning 'and so' or 'afterwards', in spite of the fact that the words were highly variable, and complicated in structure.

When the author and his wife began working on the language, the only additional clue available to them was the information, from one of the previous scholars, that one syllable in the words marked indicative mood.

Prom this point on intensive scrutiny was made of text recorded by the author and transcribed from his …

Exercises For A Course In Phonological Analysis, Richard S. Pittman

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

Thirty-eight exercises from a variety of languages (mostly Americas, Philippines and Vietnam) for use in a basic course on phonological analysis, covering phonemes, interpretation of clusters, tonemes, syllable structure, and prosody.

Psycho-Linguistic Approach In Kogi Phonemes, Patricia C. Stendal

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

From the introduction, "This study was undertaken to determine which phones would be interpreted as the same and which as different by non-literate native speaker of the Kogi language."

Sherpa Text, Ang Gelbu, Marie Zylstra, Luke Zylstra

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

No abstract provided.

A Reverse Vocabulary Of Kogi, Michael Robert Scott

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

No abstract provided.

Phoneme Problems, David D. Thomas

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

No abstract provided.

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 12 (1968)

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

No abstract provided.

Sherpa Dictionary, Luke Zylstra

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

No abstract provided.

Some English Sentence Batteries, David D. Thomas

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

No abstract provided.

Some Psycholinguistic Aspects Of Brôu Literacy Problems, Eugenia Johnston

Theses and Dissertations

Before literacy materials can be prepared for preliterate groups, the analyst must discover the native speaker's reactions (1) to the sounds of his language so that a psychophonemic orthography can be developed, and (2) to the structure of his language, so that teaching methods will build on these reactions and help the prospective reader learn more quickly and easily to read and write his language.

Problems include immediate constituents of vowel glides and consonant clusters, syllable stress, syllable division within words, punctuation signals, and tone designation. In the Brôu language the main problem was to ascertain whether Brôu intuitions would …

Transformational Paradigms Of Some Cocopa Sentence Types, Carole C. Nevers

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

No abstract provided.

Pronominal Affixes To The Cocopa Verb, Tom Nevers

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

No abstract provided.

87 Faces Of The English Clause, Richard S. Pittman, David D. Thomas

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

From the introduction, "Nguyen Dang Liem, in his "Contrastive Analysis of English and Vietnamese," Vol. 1 (Canberra, 1966), gives a very useful table (page 47) of 87 English clause types. This is a review and commentary on that chart, with two proposals: 1) that all of the types be derived from one sentence -- "They gave him the presidency" -- rather than from several, as in Liem's original formulation; and 2) that the relationships between the major types be described by means of a two-branched tree."

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 11 (1967)

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

No abstract provided.

Shoshone Phonemes, Wesley L. Kosin

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

In 1970 a supplement to this article was published. The supplement can be accessed at commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol14/iss1/8/

An Analysis By Levels, David D. Thomas

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

Hierarchical analysis of a short English text, illustrating levels of analysis from discourse down to word level in a grammatical hierarchy, and from utterance down to phoneme in a phonological hierarchy.

Method For Writing Articles, Marjorie Davis

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

No abstract provided.

A Phonological Reconstruction Of Proto Central North Bahnaric, Kenneth D. Smith

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

From the introduction: "Because of unresolved phonological problems in Sedang phonemics (Smith, 1967a) and the need to clarify them before literacy materials could be prepared, the author undertook a study of Sedang dialects (1967b, 1967c). Though the phonological problems were resolved in this latter study, other problems became evident in the relations between Kontum languages. The present study was undertaken in an attempt to understand more fully the relationships between these languages. The study also complements similar studies in other areas of Viet Nam; namely: Proto-East-Katuic (D. M. Thomas, 1967), Proto-Mnong (Blood, 1966); and Proto-Chamic, a Malayo-Polynesian language (Lee, 1966)."