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Kawaiisu, A Grammar and Dictionary with Texts
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Language Name
Kawaiisu.
Alternate Language Names
Nɨwɨ'abigidɨ, Nɨwɨ'abigipɨ.
Region
California, United States.
Who
Maurice L. Zigmond (author), Curtis G. Booth (editor), Pamela Munro (editor).
Others Involved
Emma Williams (Elder); Setimo Girado, John Marcus, Louisa Marcus, Refugia Williams, Elsie Williams, Bertha Goings, Lida Girado, Clara Girado Williams, Andy Greene (language consultants); Alice Anderton, William Bright, Kenneth Hale, Charles Hockett, Roderick Jacobs, Sheldon Klein, Ronald Langacker, Johanna Nichols, Susan Steele, Wick Miller (research assistance); American Philiosophical Society, Yale Department of Anthropology, University of California Department of Linguistics, University of California Academic Senate (funding).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 1990 by the University of California Press.
How People are Cited
Speakers and contributors are cited in the General Introduction. Emma Williams is cited in the Preface to the Texts. Speakers are not marked in entries.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited in the General Introduction. Previous works by linguists and anthropologists are cited in References.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from speakers and Elders who worked with Maurice Zigmond and Charles Hockett from the late 1930s to 1940 and their children and grandchildren who worked with Zigmond and Wick Miller in the 1970s. These speakers are cited in the General Introduction, but they are not marked in the individual entries. Grammatical and cultural information in this dictionary come from previous works by linguists and anthropologists who worked with the authors during the creation of this dictionary.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
This dictionary is available through libraries as a print book. An extensive digital preview is available on Google Books. It can be purchased from the University of California Press as a physical book for $57.95 USD.
Included Languages and Directionality
Kawaiisu to English; English to Kawaiisu.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary. Older speakers who worked with Zigmond in the late 1930s and younger speakers who worked with Zigmond in the 1970s show differences in pronunciation as the language changed. This is not a dialect, but the variations are marked in entries as modern and archaic.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary that includes grammar and texts.
How are Entries Organised
The Kawaiisu-English Dictionary is organised alphabetically by Kawaiisu headword. Each entry contains the part of speech, the English gloss, comparative forms, and if applicable, its page in the preceding Grammar. The English-Kawaiisu Index is a word list organised alphabetically by English headword. Each entry contains only the Kawaiisu form or forms to be looked up in the Dictionary.
This dictionary contains an extensive Grammar (pp. 5-150) and two Texts (pp.153-174). These texts were told to Zigmond by Emma Williams in the late 1930s and transcribed with the help of her daughter Elise. Each text is written phrase by phrase, with English first, Kawaiisu second, and linguistic glosses third. The Grammar contains sections on the language's phonology, how to form simple sentences, verb structure, and complex sentence structure.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | A General Introduction is included at the beginning; Each section has its own Preface |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | Included in Texts |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | Modern versus archaic forms are marked in entries |
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/22184454
Purchase from the University of California Press for $57.95 USD: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/kawaiisu/paper
Preview on Google Books: https://books.google.ca/books?id=A2J0yAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false