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Wintu Dictionary (1985)
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Language Name
Wintu.
Alternate Language Names
Wintun.
Region
California, United States.
Who
Harvey Pitkin (compiler).
Others Involved
Dorothy Lee, Carrie B. Dixon, Walter Loomis, Joe Charles, Grace N. McKibbon, Ellen Silverthorn, Flora James, Renee Coleman (speakers); University of California Berkeley Survey of Californian Indian Languages, Columbia University (support); Hanna Fenichel Pitkin, Joan Martus, Abdul Azim, Resa Babin (editorial assistance).
Publishing Information
This dictionary was published in 1985 by the University of California Press.
How People are Cited
Speakers are cited by name, along with their initials, in a table in the Introduction. Initials are used to indicate speaker source in certain entries.
How Information is Cited
When glosses in entries are considered to be idiolectal, or when they derive from previous work (specially Lee, 1931), they are marked with speaker initials.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from native speakers of Wintu that Pitkin worked with while conducting fieldwork on the language, as well as from the fieldnotes from other researchers.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical and digital book.
Access
Both the physical and digital books are accesible through libraries. The Preface and much of the digital dictionary are available as an open access preview through Google Books.
Included Languages and Directionality
Wintu to English, with an English to Wintu index/finderlist.
Dialects Included
This dictionary includes the Trinity County and the McCloud River dialect. Dialect is specified in entries when a form differs across dialects or comes from only one dialect.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, monodirectional dictionary. It is was compiled to accompany the 1984 Wintu Grammar also written by Pitkin.
How are Entries Organised
Entries in the Wintu-English section are organised alphabetically by Wintu headword. There are three types of entries detailed in the Introduction: morphemes, or the smallest units of meaning; allomorphs, or variants in sound and spelling; and full words that cannot be decomposed into independent roots. Morphemic entries are marked with curly brackets and include the definition in English as well as relevant forms the morpheme attaches to in the form of subentries. Allomorphic entries are marked by slash brackets and contain the definition in English, the alternate forms, and the distribution of the allomorph. Full word entries are without brackets and contain the English definition, example phrases are included if any are known.
The Index is an alphabetized list of the English glosses, with reference to the corresponding Wintu-English entry.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Included in the Introduction |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Sometimes included, most common in word entries |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | Speaker initials are included in some entries |
| Dialects marked | ✅ |
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/12313411
The open access preview can be found on Google Books: https://books.google.com/books?id=ztP9vwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false