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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jimm GoodTracks" <goodtracks at gbronline.com>
To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] Lakhota dictionary database


> Are you using the original Buechel Lakota dictionary or the more recent,
> improved, comprehensive edition via Nebraska Univ Press, 2002?
> Irregardless, what you are saying below is most interesting about Buechel
> using Riggs as a base.
> Jimm
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Ullrich" <jfu at centrum.cz>
> To: <lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [Lexicog] Lakhota dictionary database
>
>
> > Wayne
> >
> > The largest portion of the database originates in Buechel's and Riggs'
> > dictionaries and those are not very reliable for part of speech
analysis.
> So
> > I am still in the process of adding and correcting the information in
the
> ps
> > fields,
> > But from what I have so far it seems that the verbs form about 45-50% of
> the
> > lexicon, and nouns about 24%. The proportion of active versus stative
> verbs
> > is approximately 4:3.  I can't provide any numbers on transitive versus
> > intransitive, for this is yet to be marked accurately. Similarly with
> > connotations and other features.
> > I have spent several years building the database up, phonemicizing and
> > correcting Buechel's data, and comparing it with other sources. I am
> hoping
> > that I will soon have time to work on other fields of database.
> >
> > The most surprising fact that I found so far is that the major part of
> > Buechel's Lakhota dictionary originates in Riggs' Dakhota dictionary.
> > In the early 90s I went through many entries in Buechel with speakers
and
> > they often didn't recognize the lexemes. At first I thought that maybe
> part
> > of the Buechel lexicon is already archaic or that my speakers weren't
> fluent
> > enough in the language. But later I digitized both of the dictionaries,
> > merged them and added the Lakhota forms that Deloria wrote on the
margins
> of
> > Riggs. Then I realized that Buechel "converted" a lot of the Dakhota
data
> > into what he expected to be the corresponding Lakhota forms and probably
> > didn't get to check all of them with speakers. Because Deloria's forms
are
> > very often different then his. Of course, Deloria's local sub-dialect or
> > usage might be at play as well, but the difference occurs too often to
be
> > disregarded.
> >
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