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Merriam’s Palewyami Vocabulary
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Language Name
Palewyami.
Alternate Language Names
Altinin, Poso Creek Yokuts.
Region
California, United States.
Who
Howard Berman.
Others Involved
C. Hart Merriam (A Naturalist who collected the original materials); Estevan (Steve) Soto (Language Consultant).
Publishing Information
This article was published in 2002, in Seattle, Washington, as part of the International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 68, No. 4.
How People are Cited
The speaker who worked with the Merriam is cited in the Distribution of forms section. The original compiler of this wordlist (C. Hart Merriam) is cited in the Introduction.
How Information is Cited
The source of information is cited in the Introduction to the wordlist.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this vocabulary comes from unpublished archival materials from C. Hart Merriam. This vocabulary was collected by Merriam with the speaker Estevan (Steve) Soto in 1932.
Tools and Framework used
This wordlist is available as a digital book (article).
Access
This wordlist is accesible through some libraries through JSTOR.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Palewyami. Some Yawelmani words may be included.
Dialects Included
In this publication Palewyami is identified as "a dialect of Yokuts which was spoken along Poso Creek in south central California".
The author suspects that some words in the list are actually Yawelmani rather than Palewyami.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional, wordlist (primarily a noun-list).
How are Entries Organised
The entries are organised alphabetically by English. Numerals are included at the end of the list.
Forms from previously published Palewyami wordlists by Harrington and Kroeber are included in entries and are marked with H and K respectively.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | No, but the one consultant for this list was Estevan (Steve) Soto |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | No, this is a wordlist of a single speaker’s dialect |
Other Notes
According to Introduction to this article the main sources of Palewyami wordlists are form Alfred L. Kroeber, John P. Harrington, and C. Hart Merriam. The wordlists from Kroeber and Harrington were published in Kroeber (1963) and Gamble (1991) respectively.
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/9974542515
The wordlist can be accessed on JSTOR through some institutions: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1265802?seq=1