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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I went to this page: <a
href="http://www.lakhota.org/ALPHABET/alphabet.htm">http://www.lakhota.org/ALPHABET/alphabet.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The graphics are gorgeous. But I do WISH
people would STOP doing things like, “h, like the x in Mexican”.
What if you don’t know Mexican Spanish, or Northern French? People used
to do this all the time in linguistic materials as if people could just pull
the sounds of Russian, French, Italian, Norwegian, etc., etc., etc., etc., out
of their head and figure out how the language sounded. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Also, the way the little letters come
together in the words, the sound patterns change. The letter doesn’t
always sound “like X in Y-language”. It sounds how it sounds with
the rhythms of what came before and what’s coming after. (Tidbits from
Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Linguistics). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is one of my soapboxy items! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Indigenous
Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Susan Penfield<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, January 19, 2006
9:21 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ILAT] Recognition of
community efforts</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is certainly a well
deserved prize! The materials being produced are not only supportive of
language revitalization, community-based, and widely implemented, -- they are
also beautifully and creatively done...<br>
Congratualtions to all involved! <br>
Susan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 1/19/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Scott
DeLancey</span></b> <<a href="mailto:delancey@uoregon.edu">delancey@uoregon.edu</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>From the latest SSILA Bulletin:<br>
(SSILA = Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
an organization of linguists)<br>
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* Lakota Consortium awarded Ken Hale Prize <br>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>
SSILA's Ken Hale Prize, which honors those who strive to link the academic<br>
and community spheres in the spirit of Ken Hale, was awarded this year to<br>
the non-profit Lakota Language Consortium (LLC), a nonprofit organization <br>
dedicated to rescuing the Lakota Sioux language. The prize and cash
award<br>
were presented in recognition of the organization's outstanding community<br>
language work and deep commitment to the documentation, maintenance, <br>
promotion, and revitalization of the Lakota language, one of the country's<br>
largest remaining Native American languages.<br>
<br>
Pam Bunte, chair of the 2005 Ken Hale Prize selection committee, described<br>
the factors that led to the decision. "We were really
impressed. The <br>
Lakota Language Consortium has done a great job with their documentation.<br>
Their materials have made it easier for community members to teach the<br>
language. They work closely with many people throughout the community and <br>
the praise of their efforts was truly amazing." The committee
also<br>
included Nora England, Michael Krauss, and Roberto Zavala Maldonado.<br>
<br>
Wilhelm K. Meya, Executive Director of the organization, received the <br>
prize on behalf of the Board of Directors. The Lakota Language
Consortium<br>
is made up of numerous committed community members and linguists (see<br>
the LLC website, <a href="http://www.lakhota.org)">http://www.lakhota.org) </a>. As
one of the largest language<br>
revitalization organizations in the country, its materials are used by<br>
over twenty-two school systems and expose over 4000 children to the Lakota<br>
language. In addition to Meya, the LLC's Board of Directors includes
<br>
Jan Ulrich, who leads the organization's materials development work, and<br>
Leonard Little Finger, who directs the Lakota Language Studies program at<br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Loneman</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>
in Oglala, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Dakota</st1:place></st1:State>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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-- <br>
Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br>
<br>
Department of English<br>
Affiliate faculty: Department of Linguistics <br>
and the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Program<br>
American Indian Language Development Institute <br>
Phone for messages: (520) 621-1836 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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