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Menomini Lexicon
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Language Name
Menominee.
Alternate Language Names
Menomini, Oma͞eqnomenew.
Region
Wisconsin, United States.
Who
Leonard Bloomfield, Charles F. Hockett.
Others Involved
There is no information included in this resource about others involved.
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 1975 by the Milwaukee Public Museum Press.
How People are Cited
Authors are cited in the frontmatter.
How Information is Cited
All published works by Bloomfield are cited under References.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries and grammatical information in this dictionary come from fieldwork conducted by Bloomfield in the 1920's. Manuscripts he made from this time, both published and unpublished, were compiled by Charles Hockett after Bloomfield's death.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a digital and print book.
Access
This dictionary is available open access online as a digital book, and through libraries as a print book.
Included Languages and Directionality
Menominee to English.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional word list.
How are Entries Organised
The dictionary is organised alphabetically by Menominee headword. Each entry contains the Menominee headword (underlined), grammatical classification, and the English gloss. A list entitled Dependent Forms, detailing nouns that require possessors, precedes the dictionary, and its entries include the same information as those in the dictionary section. No other information is included in entries.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Description of entry organization and editorial choices included under The Lexicon |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | With some entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
This dictionary was published posthumously by the Milwaukee Public Museum Publications in Anthropology & History, No. 3.
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/1529251
View on the WayBack Machine as a scanned pdf: https://web.archive.org/web/20220125185626/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53129cd4e4b06c7ef09b071b/t/53234e15e4b0dc55b9573305/1394822677933/Bloomfield+Lexicon.pdf
View on the Wisconsin Historical Society website as a scanned pdf: https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/tp/id/28699