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Wiyot Handbook I: Glossary and Concordance
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Language Name
Wiyot.
Alternate Language Names
Wishosk, Soulatluk.
Region
California, United States.
Who
Karl V. Teeter (author), John D. Nichols (editor).
Others Involved
Della Prince (speaker); Mary R. Haas (mentor); Susan Bryant, Howard Berman, Brian Dayton, Donna J. Starks, Deborah Blair Spindler (research assistants); H.C. Wolfart (associate editor).
Publishing Information
Both volumes of this dictionary were published in 1993 by the Journal of Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics.
How People are Cited
Speaker Della Prince is cited in the Preface along with editors and assistants. No contributors are cited in entries.
How Information is Cited
Supplementary resources by Kroeber, Haas, Reichard, and Teeter are cited under References Cited, following the Preface. No previous works are cited in entries. The page in Teeter's accompanying grammar (1964) where the form is referenced is cited in each entry. Speaker Della Prince is cited in the Preface.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries in this dictionary come from Teeter's work with Della Prince, the last fluent speaker of Wiyot, in the late 1950s. These entries are supplemented with untitled material previously published by Kroeber (1911) and unpublished field notes by Gladys A. Reichard (1925) provided by Leanne Hinton. This dictionary was written to accompany Teeter's grammar, Wiyot Language (1964).
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical book.
Access
This dictionary is available through libraries.
Included Languages and Directionality
Wiyot to English. The second volume contains an English index.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
The Dictionary in Handbook I is organized into two sections: a short section of Suffixes, followed by the main word entries. Suffix entries are organised alphabetically by Wiyot, and each entry contains the part of speech, the page on which it appears in Teeter's grammar, and its gloss. The main word entries make up the rest of this volume. They are also organised alphabetically by Wiyot. Each entry contains the English gloss, its page in Teeter's grammar, and any known example sentences.
The second volume, Handbook II, is organised into two parts: the Interlinear Translation and the English Index. The Interlinear Translation is a series of Wiyot texts provided by Della Prince. Each text is written sentence-by-sentence as a numbered list. In a footnote at the bottom of each page, the corresponding English translation is written for each sentence. A few pages of notes is included at the end of this section detailing grammar, word usage, and how the stories were elicited. The English Index is organised alphabetically by English headword. Each entry contains the English headword, the Wiyot words that correspond to it, their English glosses, and their part of speech.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | A short guide to entries is included in the Editorial Note |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Not included in every entry; included in the Stories (Handbook II) |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | Speaker Della Prince is referenced in the Notes section following the Interlinear Translation (Handbook II) |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
This dictionary comes in two volumes: the first volume contains the Wiyot-English Dictionary, and the second volume contains a series of texts as well as the English-Wiyot Index.
External Links
Reference Wiyot Handbook I on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/30070116?oclcNum=30070116
Reference Wiyot Handbook II on WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/title/30070131?oclcNum=30070131