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Cocopa Dictionary
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Language Name
Cocopah.
Alternate Language Names
Cocopa, Kwikapa.
Region
California and Arizona, United States; Baja California and Sonora, Mexico.
Who
James Mack Crawford.
Others Involved
Lillian Hayes, Victor Hayes, Mary Thomas, Hope Miller, Unnamed Speakers (Speakers); Joseph P. Chiang, Jason Ho (Research Assistants); the Survey of California Indian Languages, Idaho State University, the University of Georgia, the American Council of Learned Societies, the National Science Foundation (Funding).
Publishing Information
Published in 1989 by the University of California Press, Berkeley. The eBook was published in 2023, also by the University of California Press.
How People are Cited
Speakers and other contributors are cited by name in the Preface.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited by name in the Preface. Speakers who had passed away prior to the 1989 publication are not named according to Cocopah cultural practices. Previous works are cited in the Introduction (on p. 2) and References (pp. 531–534).
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary largely comes from speakers during the author's years of fieldwork in the 1960s. Key previously published works used include E.W. Gifford's The Cocopa (1933), William H. Kelly's Cocopa Ethnography (1977), and Tom Nevers and Carole Nevers' A Selection of Passages from the Gospel of Mark Presenting the Miracles of Jesus and A Selection of Passages from the Gospel of Mark Presenting the Cost of Christian Discipleship (both published in 1972). Other previous works used are listed in the References section.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical book and an digital book (eBook).
Access
The physical book is available for purchase ($55 USD Paperback and $95 USD Hardcover) from the publisher. The physical book is also accessible through libraries. The digital book (eBook) is available for purchase ($55 USD) from the publisher, and may be accessible through some libraries.
Included Languages and Directionality
Cocopah to English; English to Cocopah.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Cocopah in the Cocopa–English section of the dictionary, according to the alphabet on p. 8. Full-word entries include the Cocopah headword, the part of speech, and the English translation. When a word has been borrowed from English, this is identified at the end of the entry. Stem entries (i.e., affixes) include the Cocopah stem headword, morphological information, usage information, and example words or phrases in Cocopah and English. Some entries (both full-word and stem) include a cross reference for related words.
Entries are organized alphabetically by English in the English–Cocopa section of the dictionary. Entries include the English headword and the Cocopah translation(s). No other information is included within these entries.
The Introduction includes a brief Grammatical Synopsis, which includes information about Cocopah language structure, word classes, and affix forms.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | A list of abbreviations on p. ix, and a description of the dictionary's organization on pp. 8–9 |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | In some stem (i.e., affix) entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | There is only one dialect included |
Other Notes
This dictionary is the second volume of a three-part language resource for Cocopah by James M. Crawford. The first volume is Cocopa Texts (1983) and the third volume is Cocopa Grammar (never published; however, the author's notes are available through the American Philosophical Society Library).
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/20012309
Direct link to the eBook on the De Gruyter website (accessible with an institutional login): https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1525/9780520398931/html
Purchase directly from the University of California Press ($55 USD for Paperback or eBook, $95 USD for Hardcover): https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398924/cocopa-dictionary
Preview the first 47 pages of the eBook on Google Books: https://books.google.ca/books?vid=ISBN9780520398931&redir_esc=y
Reference to the first volume, Cocopa Texts (1983), by James M. Crawford on WorldCat: https://worldcat.org/title/8115266
James M. Crawford's materials from the unpublished third volume, Cocopa Grammar, are available through the American Philosophical Society Library (under the heading Series III-A. Works by Crawford 1962-1986: Cocopa): https://search.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Ms.Coll.66-ead.xml#top