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A Mojave Dictionary
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Language Name
Mojave.
Alternate Language Names
Mohave, Hamakhav.
Region
Arizona, California, and Nevada, United States.
Who
Pamela Munro (Linguist and Compiler); Nellie Brown (Speaker and Editor); Judith G. Crawford (Linguist).
Others Involved
Robert S. Martin, Rose Martin, Vemocka Rodriquez, Norman Scott, Luther Swick, Thomas Stevens, Florence Wilson, Flora Sands, Emmett Van Fleet, Elmer Gates, Duane Drennon (Speakers); Nancy Stenson, Sharon Klein, Laurie Tuller, Karen Wallace (Manuscript Preparation); Dorothy Hall, Charles Lamb, Amelia Flores, Welson Johnson, Betty Cornelius (Colorado River Reservation Tribal Museum and Library Members); Margaret Langdon, Allen Munro, Ione Dock, Peter Lang, Lynn Gordon (Support); National Science Foundation, the Academic Senate of the University of California Los Angeles, the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages of the University of California Berkeley, the Department of Linguistics of the University of California San Diego (Funding).
Publishing Information
Published in 1992 as part of the Occasional Papers in Linguistics No. 10, University of California, Los Angeles, California.
How People are Cited
Contributors are cited by name on the title page and in the Introduction.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited by name in the Introduction. Previous works are listed in the Additional Reading list at the end of the resource.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary mainly comes from speakers who worked with Pamela Munro and Judith G. Crawford in their years of fieldwork in the decades prior to the dictionary's publication. Previous publications used in creating this dictionary are listed in the Additional Reading list.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
The physical book is accessible through libraries. The digital book is open access on UCLA's Department of Linguistics website.
Included Languages and Directionality
Mojave to English; English to Mojave (index).
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organised alphabetically by Mojave in the Mojave-English section of the dictionary, according to the alphabet listed on p. 11. Entries include the Mojave headword, the English definition(s), word-specific information (e.g., pronunciation in fast-speech, plural forms, possession, etc.), and examples (both words and phrases) in Mojave, followed by the English translation. In addition to this information, verb entries also include the Mojave stem and the most common verb ending. Some entries contain etymological information and/or variant pronunciations/forms.
Entries in the English-Mojave section are organised alphabetically by English, and they include the English headword and the Mojave translation. No other information is included in these entries.
Following the dictionary, there are sections discussing Mojave sentence structure and pronunciation.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | A detailed description in How to Use the Dictionary, starting on p. 5 |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | No dialect is specified for this dictionary |
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/28561333
The direct link to the open access digital dictionary on UCLA's Department of Linguistics website can be found here: https://linguistics.ucla.edu/publications/opl_10.pdf