Root lists.

[Linda A Cumberland]

Is that list still available somewhere? It sure would be a lot easier than
sifting through Boas and Deloria! I'm finding a lot of differences between
Dakota and Assiniboine in the list I have so far - roughly 300 roots.
Seems to warrant continuing the search.

I embarked on this project to get a handle on reduplication, since
deletion and coda nasalization (the latter being a common effect at
borders in Assiniboine) makes some reduplicated forms look related when
they're not.  But the list is proving useful in a lot of ways.  Since
there seems to be interest in it, I'll probably include it in my
dissertation as an appendix - with the caveat that glosses are
provisional!

Linda

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, R. Rankin wrote:

> Back in the early '90's Wes Jones came up with a
> computer program (ran in
> DOS I'm sure) that stripped away locatives,
> instrumentals, etc. from dictionary files and left
> him/us with a long list of roots.  It was very useful.
> I'm sure there are more sophisticated ideas about how
> to do this sort of thing among computer experts, but if
> anyone is interested, they might contact Wes.  He
> worked his magic on the Buechel dictionary.  The
> results required a little massaging, but it worked.
>
> Bob
>
>
>