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Schmick's Mahican Dictionary
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Language Name
Mahican.
Alternate Language Names
Mohican.
Region
New York and Vermont, United States.
Who
Johann Jacob Schmick (Author), Carl Masthay (Editor).
Others Involved
Berenice Miller Pigeon (Assistance); Nora Thompson Dean (Delaware Elder); Emily Johnson (Munsee Elder); Kenneth Mynter (Cultural Assistance); Ives Goddard, Gordon M. Day Frank T. Siebert Jr. (Linguists); Jane Warne, Thomas L. Markey, David H. Pentland, Howard Tate, Patrick A. Clifford (Editorial Assistance); John Rokusek, Eugenia Klein, Alison Miller, Kathleen Burmann, Mark Spann, Gail Hudson, Susan Lane, Ginny Douglas (Comments).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 1991 by the American Philosophical Society.
How People are Cited
Elders and contributors are cited by name in the Acknowledgements Chronologically list.
How Information is Cited
Contributors are cited in the Acknowledgements. Previous works by linguists, documentation, and bibliographical materials about Schmick are cited in the Abbreviations of Sources Used.
Where is Information Coming from
This is an edited reprint of a manuscript produced in in the 1750s by Johann Jacob Schmick, a Prussian-born missionary who lived with the Mahican-speaking people from about 1751 to 1770. The manuscript was translated, edited, and augmented by Masthay with help from community members, Elders, and previous works by linguists.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
This dictionary is available through libraries, and can be purchased from the University of Pennsylvania Press for $45 USD.
Included Languages and Directionality
English to Mahican to German; Mahican to English (Glossary).
Dialects Included
This is a dictionary of Moravian Mahican.
Type of Dictionary
This is a trilingual, bidirectional dictionary with an ethnography.
How are Entries Organised
This dictionary is organized into three main parts: the introductory materials, which consists of several sections detailing the history of Mahican, the creation of Schmick's manuscript, and a section on historical phonology; Schmick's manuscript, edited and re-organised; and the Mahican-English glossary and index.
The bulk of the entries are contained in the Vocabularium Mahicandium. Entries in this section are organised alphabetically by English gloss and formatted into three columns. On the left is the English gloss, with comparative forms in square brackets. In the middle, in boldface type, is the Mahican word with any notes in square brackets. On the far right column is the German gloss. Many entries list example sentences, given in all three languages just like the headwords. Entries supplemented with outside sources have the source notes in square brackets below the entry. Following this section are two brief appendices that list the Mahican texts where example sentences came from, as well as Mahican words and phrases which were not found with a German translation. A few pages from the original manuscript are shown in the appendices to illustrate the transcription process.
The Mahican-English Glossary and Index is organised alphabetically by Mahican headword. Each entry contains only the English gloss and transcribers' notes. No other information is included in entries.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Included in the Description of Schmick's Two-Volume Manuscript |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | Scans from the original manuscript are included along with a few maps, but no images in entries |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Included in most entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ | Only one dialect is specified |
External Links
Reference Schmick's Mahican Dictionary on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/25072905
Purchase from the University of Pennsylvania for $45 USD as a physical or digital book: https://www.pennpress.org/9798893982947/schmicks-mahican-dictionary/