Research Catalog

Title

Dena'ina topical dictionary / James Kari.

Author

Kari, James M.

Publication

Fairbanks, AK : Alaska Native Language Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013.

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Additional Authors

Alaska Native Language Center.

Description

xxix, 370 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

"This is a dictionary of the Dena'ina Athabascan language of Cook Inlet Basin and the Southern Alaska Range. Vocabulary lists arranged by topic provide a panoramic view of the central cultural and ecological concepts of the Dena'ina. In terms of breadth of subjects, technical specificity, dialect coverage, and illustrations, this is the most refined topical lexicon in existence for an Alaska Native language and for any language in the Athabascan family. More than one hundred Dena'ina speakers contributed words, and many chapters were reviewed by experts in natural history and ethnology. This work positions Dena'ina topical materials at the intersection of ethnology and linguistics."--Back cover.

Subject

• Dena'ina language > Dictionaries > English
• English language > Dictionaries > Dena'ina

Genre/Form

Dictionaries.

Note

• "First printing, 2007. Second printing (revised edition), 2013." -- t.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and indexes.

Language (note)

• A dictionary of the Dena'ina Athabascan language of southcentral Alaska. Vocabulary is English-to-Dena'ina, organized by topic.

Contents

List of illustrations -- Symbols and abbreviations -- Foreword / Alan Boraas -- Foreword / Jonathon S. Ross -- Preface / James Kari -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Animals -- 2. Fish, shellfish, and amphibians -- 3. Birds -- 4. Insects -- 5. Plants -- 6. Pronouns -- 7. Relatives, kinship terms -- 8. People -- 9. Body parts -- 10. Dena'ina place names -- 11. Water, snow and ice -- 12. Land and land forms -- 13. Sky, weather, and atmosphere -- 14. Days, seasons, months, and adverbs of time -- 15. Clothing and adornment -- 16. Skin tanning and sewing -- 17. Tools -- 18. Hunting and fishing devices -- 19. Houses, shelters, racks, and caches -- 20. Transportation -- 21. Fire -- 22. Household furnishings, personal belongings, and miscellany -- 23. Cooking and eating utensils and containers -- 24. Foods -- 25. Games, music, and stories -- 26. Religious terms and spirits -- 27. Abstract or non-material concepts -- 28. Colors -- 29. Numbers, measurements, and adverbs of quantity -- 30. Areal nouns, postpositions, and adverbs of location -- 31. Riverine directionals -- 32. Question words and sample questions -- 33. Basic terminology for grammar and the verb (outline).

ISBN

• 1555001211
• 9781555001216

OCLC

• ocn859447824
• SCSB-1785415

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library