Flutes of Fire
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Flutes of Fire
An Introduction to Native California Languages Revised and Updated
Hinton, Leanne
Heyday Books
09/2022
304
Mole
Inglês
9781597145664
15 a 20 dias
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Contents
Introduction: The California Mosaic
1. California's First Languages
Part I: California Languages at Work and Play: Four Portraits
2. Song: Overcoming the Language Barrier
3. Coyote Talk
4. Upriver, Downriver: The Vocabulary of Direction
5. Language and the Structure of Thought
Part II: Language and History
6. What Language Can Tell us about History
7. Native Californian Names on the Land
8. History Through the Words Brought to California by the Fort Ross Colony (by Robert L. Oswalt)
Part III: Words
9. California Counting
10. Specialized Vocabulary in the Languages of California
11. "Slapping with the Mouth" and Other Interesting Words: Instrumental Prefixes in Kashaya
12. Men's and Women's Talk
13. Songs Without Words
Part IV: Language and Dominion
14. On the Origin of California Tribal Names
15. A Pinenut by Any Other Name
16. Languages Under Attack (with Vera Mae Fredrickson)
Part V: Writing and Documentation
17. Writing Systems
18. Ashes, Ashes: John Peabody Harrington-Then and Now
Part VI: New Speakers Carry the Torch
19. Rebuilding the Fire: Tribes Working Together to Save Their Languages
20. Stories of Language Reclamation
21. In Our Own Words
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Reference Guide to Linguistic Symbols
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Introduction: The California Mosaic
1. California's First Languages
Part I: California Languages at Work and Play: Four Portraits
2. Song: Overcoming the Language Barrier
3. Coyote Talk
4. Upriver, Downriver: The Vocabulary of Direction
5. Language and the Structure of Thought
Part II: Language and History
6. What Language Can Tell us about History
7. Native Californian Names on the Land
8. History Through the Words Brought to California by the Fort Ross Colony (by Robert L. Oswalt)
Part III: Words
9. California Counting
10. Specialized Vocabulary in the Languages of California
11. "Slapping with the Mouth" and Other Interesting Words: Instrumental Prefixes in Kashaya
12. Men's and Women's Talk
13. Songs Without Words
Part IV: Language and Dominion
14. On the Origin of California Tribal Names
15. A Pinenut by Any Other Name
16. Languages Under Attack (with Vera Mae Fredrickson)
Part V: Writing and Documentation
17. Writing Systems
18. Ashes, Ashes: John Peabody Harrington-Then and Now
Part VI: New Speakers Carry the Torch
19. Rebuilding the Fire: Tribes Working Together to Save Their Languages
20. Stories of Language Reclamation
21. In Our Own Words
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Reference Guide to Linguistic Symbols
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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counting; karuk; indigenous; california; wintu; shoshoni; maidu; chumash; modoc; washo; miwok; pomo; linguistics; language; tongva; yurok; revitalization; mono; foreign; native; heritage; indian; ohlone
Contents
Introduction: The California Mosaic
1. California's First Languages
Part I: California Languages at Work and Play: Four Portraits
2. Song: Overcoming the Language Barrier
3. Coyote Talk
4. Upriver, Downriver: The Vocabulary of Direction
5. Language and the Structure of Thought
Part II: Language and History
6. What Language Can Tell us about History
7. Native Californian Names on the Land
8. History Through the Words Brought to California by the Fort Ross Colony (by Robert L. Oswalt)
Part III: Words
9. California Counting
10. Specialized Vocabulary in the Languages of California
11. "Slapping with the Mouth" and Other Interesting Words: Instrumental Prefixes in Kashaya
12. Men's and Women's Talk
13. Songs Without Words
Part IV: Language and Dominion
14. On the Origin of California Tribal Names
15. A Pinenut by Any Other Name
16. Languages Under Attack (with Vera Mae Fredrickson)
Part V: Writing and Documentation
17. Writing Systems
18. Ashes, Ashes: John Peabody Harrington-Then and Now
Part VI: New Speakers Carry the Torch
19. Rebuilding the Fire: Tribes Working Together to Save Their Languages
20. Stories of Language Reclamation
21. In Our Own Words
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Reference Guide to Linguistic Symbols
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Introduction: The California Mosaic
1. California's First Languages
Part I: California Languages at Work and Play: Four Portraits
2. Song: Overcoming the Language Barrier
3. Coyote Talk
4. Upriver, Downriver: The Vocabulary of Direction
5. Language and the Structure of Thought
Part II: Language and History
6. What Language Can Tell us about History
7. Native Californian Names on the Land
8. History Through the Words Brought to California by the Fort Ross Colony (by Robert L. Oswalt)
Part III: Words
9. California Counting
10. Specialized Vocabulary in the Languages of California
11. "Slapping with the Mouth" and Other Interesting Words: Instrumental Prefixes in Kashaya
12. Men's and Women's Talk
13. Songs Without Words
Part IV: Language and Dominion
14. On the Origin of California Tribal Names
15. A Pinenut by Any Other Name
16. Languages Under Attack (with Vera Mae Fredrickson)
Part V: Writing and Documentation
17. Writing Systems
18. Ashes, Ashes: John Peabody Harrington-Then and Now
Part VI: New Speakers Carry the Torch
19. Rebuilding the Fire: Tribes Working Together to Save Their Languages
20. Stories of Language Reclamation
21. In Our Own Words
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Reference Guide to Linguistic Symbols
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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