This report discusses trends in the study of Athapaskan, concentrating on language maintenance an... more This report discusses trends in the study of Athapaskan, concentrating on language maintenance and bilingualism. It presents both the potential richness and the actual poverty of studies of sociolinguistic aspects of the Athapaskan languages. Noted are two trends-(1) There is a greater interest among linguists in the studies of language in use: studies of context, of diversity, and of the sociological aspects of language which are no longer considered uninteresting; and (2) There is evidence of a:1 increasing sense of responsibility toward the speakers of American Indian languages. The report anticipates rapid advances in tie study of Athapaskan language maintenance and bilingualism. (SK)
This paper was inspired by a map of the western half of the Kenai Peninsula included in a geologi... more This paper was inspired by a map of the western half of the Kenai Peninsula included in a geological treatise originally published in German by Constantin Grewingk in 1850 (Grewingk 2003: 21). The map, credited as "after Wosnessensky," is remarkable in that it includes both Russian and recognizably Dena'ina place names. The challenge has been to match those names with Dena'ina toponyms elicited from Dena'ina speakers or transliterated from numerous written sources by James Kari over the past 50 years (see Kari 2019). Wosnessensky refers to Il'ia Gavrilovich Voznesenskii (1816-1871), an assistant preparator for the Zoological Museum, Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences. In August 1839 the Academy dispatched him on an expedition to collect natural history and ethnological specimens throughout Russia's North American possessions. Arriving in Novo-Arkhangel'sk (Sitka, Alaska) eight months later, Voznesenskii spent the next five years (1840-1845) documenting the natural and human environments in the vicinities of Ross in California and the various Russian settlements and outposts in Alaska. His voluminous notes, drawings, correspondence, and collections are still studied today (Alekseev 1987, Korsun 2013). Voznesenskii's time on the Kenai Peninsula was limited to two months in 1842, mid July to mid September by the old calendar, late July to late September by today's reckoning. Based out of Nikolaevskii redoubt (present-day Kenai), his travels extended from Cape "Mikeshin" (East Foreland) to Kachemak Bay, inland to the Kenai Mountains and Tustumena Lake, out to Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet, and possibly across the inlet to Kustatan (Alekseev 1987: 32-33; Korsun 2013: 240-241). Though Voznesenskii is reputed to have been fluent in German (Korsun 2013: 239), samples of his notes viewed on microfilm and a published example of one of his sketch maps (Alekseev 1987: 27) are all written in Russian Cyrillic script. From this we conclude that the sketch map and notes constituting the basis for the German map were also in Cyrillic script, and that the spelling of names on the German
one of those children, who gave his time, knowledge, and friendship so others might learn. Acknow... more one of those children, who gave his time, knowledge, and friendship so others might learn. Acknowledgement The information in this introductory grammar is based on the sources cited in the "References" section but particularly on James Kari's draft of Dena'ina Verb Dictionary and Joan Tenenbaum's 1978 Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb. Many of the examples are taken directly from these documents but modified to fit the Kenai or Outer Inlet dialect. All of the stem set and verb theme information is from James Kari's electronic Dena'ina verb dictionary draft. Students should consult the originals for more in-depth descriptions or to resolve difficult constructions. In addition much of the material in this document was initially developed in various language learning documents developed by me, many in collaboration with Peter Kalifornsky or Donita Peter for classes taught at Kenai Peninsula College or the Kenaitze Indian Tribe between 1988 and 2006, and this document represents a recent installment of a progressively more complete grammar. Anyone interested in Dena'ina language and culture owes a huge debt of gratitude to Dr. James Kari for his years of Dena'ina language research. More than any one person, he has kept a dying language from extinction. I would like to thank Dr. Kari for use of unpublished verb theme and stem set material and for reviewing earlier drafts of this document. Any errors are my own. I would like to thank Dana Verrengia and Michael Christian who helped with many of the translations on which this document is based, and Ms. Verrengia for editorial review of this document. Kenai Dena'ina language revitalization efforts would not have been possible without the vision and persistence of Alexandra "Sasha" Lindgren, Cultural & Educational Department Director of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe. Ms. Lindgren understands that embedded in the words, stories and grammar of Dena'ina are timeless truths that are as much a part of the fabric of the Kenai Peninsula as are the mountains and the rivers. Much more work needs to be done, but this grammar represents a resource for beginning and intermediate language learners.
Alaska Native Language Center. University of Alaska, …, 1977
... Dena'ina noun dictionary. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kari, James M. PUBLISHER... more ... Dena'ina noun dictionary. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kari, James M. PUBLISHER: ... VOLUME/EDITION: PAGES (INTRO/BODY): 355 p. SUBJECT(S): English language; Dena'ina language; Dictionaries; Dena'ina; English. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. ...
This report discusses trends in the study of Athapaskan, concentrating on language maintenance an... more This report discusses trends in the study of Athapaskan, concentrating on language maintenance and bilingualism. It presents both the potential richness and the actual poverty of studies of sociolinguistic aspects of the Athapaskan languages. Noted are two trends-(1) There is a greater interest among linguists in the studies of language in use: studies of context, of diversity, and of the sociological aspects of language which are no longer considered uninteresting; and (2) There is evidence of a:1 increasing sense of responsibility toward the speakers of American Indian languages. The report anticipates rapid advances in tie study of Athapaskan language maintenance and bilingualism. (SK)
This paper was inspired by a map of the western half of the Kenai Peninsula included in a geologi... more This paper was inspired by a map of the western half of the Kenai Peninsula included in a geological treatise originally published in German by Constantin Grewingk in 1850 (Grewingk 2003: 21). The map, credited as "after Wosnessensky," is remarkable in that it includes both Russian and recognizably Dena'ina place names. The challenge has been to match those names with Dena'ina toponyms elicited from Dena'ina speakers or transliterated from numerous written sources by James Kari over the past 50 years (see Kari 2019). Wosnessensky refers to Il'ia Gavrilovich Voznesenskii (1816-1871), an assistant preparator for the Zoological Museum, Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences. In August 1839 the Academy dispatched him on an expedition to collect natural history and ethnological specimens throughout Russia's North American possessions. Arriving in Novo-Arkhangel'sk (Sitka, Alaska) eight months later, Voznesenskii spent the next five years (1840-1845) documenting the natural and human environments in the vicinities of Ross in California and the various Russian settlements and outposts in Alaska. His voluminous notes, drawings, correspondence, and collections are still studied today (Alekseev 1987, Korsun 2013). Voznesenskii's time on the Kenai Peninsula was limited to two months in 1842, mid July to mid September by the old calendar, late July to late September by today's reckoning. Based out of Nikolaevskii redoubt (present-day Kenai), his travels extended from Cape "Mikeshin" (East Foreland) to Kachemak Bay, inland to the Kenai Mountains and Tustumena Lake, out to Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet, and possibly across the inlet to Kustatan (Alekseev 1987: 32-33; Korsun 2013: 240-241). Though Voznesenskii is reputed to have been fluent in German (Korsun 2013: 239), samples of his notes viewed on microfilm and a published example of one of his sketch maps (Alekseev 1987: 27) are all written in Russian Cyrillic script. From this we conclude that the sketch map and notes constituting the basis for the German map were also in Cyrillic script, and that the spelling of names on the German
one of those children, who gave his time, knowledge, and friendship so others might learn. Acknow... more one of those children, who gave his time, knowledge, and friendship so others might learn. Acknowledgement The information in this introductory grammar is based on the sources cited in the "References" section but particularly on James Kari's draft of Dena'ina Verb Dictionary and Joan Tenenbaum's 1978 Morphology and Semantics of the Tanaina Verb. Many of the examples are taken directly from these documents but modified to fit the Kenai or Outer Inlet dialect. All of the stem set and verb theme information is from James Kari's electronic Dena'ina verb dictionary draft. Students should consult the originals for more in-depth descriptions or to resolve difficult constructions. In addition much of the material in this document was initially developed in various language learning documents developed by me, many in collaboration with Peter Kalifornsky or Donita Peter for classes taught at Kenai Peninsula College or the Kenaitze Indian Tribe between 1988 and 2006, and this document represents a recent installment of a progressively more complete grammar. Anyone interested in Dena'ina language and culture owes a huge debt of gratitude to Dr. James Kari for his years of Dena'ina language research. More than any one person, he has kept a dying language from extinction. I would like to thank Dr. Kari for use of unpublished verb theme and stem set material and for reviewing earlier drafts of this document. Any errors are my own. I would like to thank Dana Verrengia and Michael Christian who helped with many of the translations on which this document is based, and Ms. Verrengia for editorial review of this document. Kenai Dena'ina language revitalization efforts would not have been possible without the vision and persistence of Alexandra "Sasha" Lindgren, Cultural & Educational Department Director of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe. Ms. Lindgren understands that embedded in the words, stories and grammar of Dena'ina are timeless truths that are as much a part of the fabric of the Kenai Peninsula as are the mountains and the rivers. Much more work needs to be done, but this grammar represents a resource for beginning and intermediate language learners.
Alaska Native Language Center. University of Alaska, …, 1977
... Dena'ina noun dictionary. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kari, James M. PUBLISHER... more ... Dena'ina noun dictionary. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Kari, James M. PUBLISHER: ... VOLUME/EDITION: PAGES (INTRO/BODY): 355 p. SUBJECT(S): English language; Dena'ina language; Dictionaries; Dena'ina; English. DISCIPLINE: No discipline assigned. ...
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