SCLC submission

[Mark J Awakuni-Swetland]

Aloha David,
For your consideration.
Mark Awakuni-Swetland


Siouan and Caddoan Languages Conference – June 15-17, 2012 – UK-Lawrence


Creeping crawling critters: When we lose the bugs we lose the language

Mark Awakuni-Swetland
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Anthropology/Ethnic Studies
Native American Studies

Abstract: This paper inventories Omaha and Ponca terms for insects, worms, 
and spiders. Primary sources include the 19th century Dorsey O/P slip file 
now in the Omaha and Ponca Digital Database (OPDD), Dorsey’s various 
publications, and Fletcher and La Flesche’s The Omaha Tribe. Results of a 
survey designed for this paper provides contemporary data. Wherever 
possible the binomial Genus/species is included along with an image of the 
invertebrate. The diminished number of terms for invertebrates - in 
particular - is proposed as one straightforward way to measure the extent 
of language loss as a whole.

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