General and Amerindian Ethnolinguistics: In Remembrance of Stanley Newman (Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL], 55)

The Contributions to the Sociology of Language series features publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It addresses the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches – theoretical and empirical – supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of scholars interested in language in society from a broad range of disciplines – anthropology, education, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher. Preface Contents List of Contributors A. The History of Linguistics and Stanley Newman's Six Decades Prague How I discovered linguistics SONGS FOR A WINDY DAY Bibliography of Stanley S. Newman Inventory of Stanley Newman's linguistic materials "Singularly like our ideal of a scientist" Obituary Stanley S. Newman (1905-1984) Stanley Newman and the Sapir school of linguistics Sapir's panoramic view (1926) of recent advances in linguistics B. American Indian Studies Institutional language maintenance resources of American Indians in the early 1980s Spanish loans in Wikchamni Some principles of Alaskan Athabaskan toponymic knowledge Deified mind among the Keresan Pueblos Creek curing in academe C. Grammar and Discourse On the unit of paragraph analysis in formal monologue discourse Object agreement in the Halkomelem Salish Passive: a morphological explanation Argument obviation and switch-reference in Hopi Some agent hierarchies in Upper Chehalis Vowel ablaut and its functions in Yuman Aspect in Isthmus Zapotee A later view of Gitksan syntax The Kuna verb: a study in the interplay of grammar, discourse, and style D. Word Formation Navajo stem variation Lexical morphemes in Bella Coola Lexical elaboration in Navajo E. Phonology Loss of contrast between voiced and voiceless alveolar flapped stops in American English Some environments which may condition vowel length What is a 'register' language? F. Comparative Studies The Proto Otopamean vowel system and the development of Matlatzinca A new look at Aztec-Tanoan Interpreting the past from the present: a Nahuat example Prenasalized stops in Proto-Indo-European G. Oral Tradition Tsimshian poetics Thoth and oral tradition Some aspects of textual relations in Jawoyn, Northern Australia H. Ethnological Studies "Say 'Hello' to your (second) cousin Claude:" kinship terminology and recursive rules Kumix: the Chorti hero Visualizing the physical context of discourse in languages of the past Ethnographic notes and observations on the Big Man Complex among the Nacirema Index

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