My apologies, I sent this private message in error (both to the listserv and in
the subj line)!! I am not sure how you can ignore it but just know that it
does not belong here. <br /><br />Phil Cash Cash<br />UofA<br /><br />Quoting
phil cash cash <cashcash@email.arizona.edu>:<br />
<br />
> Hi Rob, enclosed is my edited document. I have made some minor though
key<br />
> changes on following up with your set of recent questions. They were <br
/>
> all good<br />
> questions so I made a focused attempt here to address them. My notes <br
/>
> on these<br />
> changes/additions are given below.<br />
><br />
> (I've also inserted your abstract. Does this still stand, or does it
need<br />
> changing at this stage?)<br />
><br />
> My abstract was slightly modified & clarified given the expanded
topical<br />
> information.<br />
><br />
> (p.1 You have Kawagley (1991). But this appears as Kawagely in your list
of<br />
> Refernces. Please advise which is correct.)<br />
><br />
> Changed reference to: Kawagley.<br />
> (<br />
> (p.2 You have Hunn et al (1996). But it appears as 1998 in your
References.<br />
> Which is correct?)<br />
><br />
> Changed citation date to: 1998.<br />
><br />
> (p.4 We'll need a page number for your Myth Locales quote please.)<br />
><br />
> Added page number: 10.<br />
><br />
> (The long quote on p.4-5 is drawn from Cash Cash (2004) Is this 2004a <br
/>
> or 2004b?<br />
> Also we need a page number for the quote please.)<br />
><br />
> Added citation: (Cash Cash 2004a:11)<br />
><br />
> (The long quote begins: "The place [a rock art site] you are talking
<br />
> about was a<br />
> probably witness .." Should this read "was probably a
witness"? Or is the<br />
> former a direct representation of the Elder's actual words. If so, we <br
/>
> probably<br />
> need <sic> inserted here.)<br />
><br />
> Added sic: "...probably [sic] witness to what happened..."<br />
><br />
> (You refer to Cash Cash 2004 in the paragraph following this long <br />
> quote. Is this<br />
> 2004a or 2004b?)<br />
><br />
> Added citation: Cash Cash 2004a:13.<br />
><br />
> (p.2 Re the sample of placenames fromt he Southern Columbia Plateau that
you<br />
> refer to: * How was this sample chosen?)<br />
><br />
> The term "sample" was incidentally misused here. I believe it
has <br />
> too strong of<br />
> an analytic meaning when all I intended here was to use <br />
> representative examples.<br />
> So I reshaped the text to reflect this. I also clarifies where my data
is<br />
> coming from by adding a new subheading. So now two subheadings are
paired<br />
> together under the main heading "Placenames from the Southern
Columbia<br />
> Plateau". Once I did this, I think it made all the difference.<br />
><br />
> (*Are the 90 names that relate to the Wallowa Mountains area all the <br />
> names known<br />
> for this locality, or are there more? If there are more, how were the 90<br
/>
> chosen?)<br />
><br />
> This number represents all the known documented placenames for this
region.<br />
><br />
> (* I find it remarkable that you are able to account for ALL the names in
the<br />
> sample as belong to either of 3 simple categories. Were there no <br />
> opaque names?)<br />
><br />
> Yes, there were at least 5-10 partially opaques placenames. The
descriptive<br />
> components of the these placenames were not immediately recognized by
the<br />
> consultants. I say 5-10 because we have been able to reconstruct <br />
> some of these<br />
> since my research report was issued. So I went ahead and added a simple<br
/>
> statement noting the presence of "a small number" of opaque
placenames. I<br />
> don't think it changes the percentages in any real way since the content
is<br />
> attributable but not recognized.<br />
><br />
> (* are the 3 categories mutually exclusive? Or can a placename belong <br
/>
> to several<br />
> categories at once (eg referring to both landforms and flora or fauna)?)<br
/>
><br />
> No, the categories can be belong the more than one of the categories.
An<br />
> example is given.<br />
><br />
> (The examples you provide are excellent. Would you be able to provide <br
/>
> additional<br />
> examples that relate to landforms and hydrogeographic features and <br />
> exampels that<br />
> refer to people?)<br />
><br />
> Yes, another examples is provided.<br />
><br />
> (Would you consider including the list of 90 placenames in an appendix to
the<br />
> paper?)<br />
><br />
> No, my tribe is in the process of compiling for publication an atlas <br />
> of all our<br />
> placenames, including the ones listed here.<br />
><br />
> (In the text (p.3) you identify the placename suffix as -pa 'at/on'. <br />
> In examples<br />
> 1) and 3) it appears as -pe. In example 2) it appears as -p. Is there <br
/>
> an error<br />
> here, or are these allomorphs? If we do have allomorphy here, could <br />
> you explain<br />
> it in a footnote please.)<br />
><br />
> I have included an added description of -p in the text.<br />
><br />
> Finally, I rechecked my examples and regularized everything to a
consistent<br />
> practical orthography rather than a more technical one. This should <br />
> be easier<br />
> to handle since it now only has one unicode character X in example 1.<br />
><br />
> Btw, there are two strange bracket characters [ ] in the second paragraph
in<br />
> page 2. I try to delete them but no go. But when I print the page <br />
> they do not<br />
> show up anywhere. So anyway, they seem a nuisance.<br />
><br />
> I hope all of these changes make for a clear and legible <br />
> presentation. Just let<br />
> me know if there is any additional changes/additions I should consider.<br
/>
><br />
> take care,<br />
><br />
> Phil<br />
<br />