Updated list of presentation topics for SCLC 2012

[David Costa]

For what it's worth, people give talks like that at the Algonquian  
Conference on Algonquian languages all the time (me among them).

Dave Costa

> Hi David,
> Do you think people would be interested in a presentation on the  
> history of Chiwere documentation? I would hope to raise issues  
> relevant to Siouan linguistics, but it would not necessarily develop  
> a linguistic topic in the sense of advancing our understanding of  
> Chiwere structural features. At this point, I'm thinking about  
> something on the orthography and distribution of missionary texts in  
> Chiwere from the 1830s-1850s and its relation to the history of  
> frontier printing. I may also compare the early missionary materials  
> to those of later BAE and Boasian ethnologists and ethnographers  
> like Dorsey, Marsh, and Whitman. If you do think it would be of  
> interest, you can go ahead and put me on the list. But please don't  
> be afraid to say something if you don't think it would fit---I won't  
> be offended.
> Best,
> Saul
>
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 12:47 PM, David Kaufman  
> <dvkanth2010 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just FYI: here is an updated list, based on your feedback and  
> corrections, of presentation topics so far submitted.  Any additions  
> or corrections, please let me know.  Thanks!
>
> Awakuni-Swetland, Mark    Omaha    Creeping crawling critters: When  
> we lose the bugs we lose the language
> Boyle, John    Hidatsa    Valency and dative -ki- in Hidatsa
> Graczyk, Randolph    Crow    State of the Crow language
> Hartmann, Iren    Siouan     Bundling Siouan Dictionary resources
> Helmbrecht, Johannes    Hocąk    Spatial relations in Hocąk
> Kaufman, David    Biloxi    A Biloxi topicalization particle in  
> Natchez: a case of language contact
> Marino, Mary    Stoney     Vegreville mss
> Park, Indrek    Hidatsa    Sound Symbolism in Hidatsa
> Rankin, Robert    Siouan    Grammaticalization of *?uN 'be' and *u  
> 'be pl' in Siouan languages
> Richardson, Marty    Tutelo    Songs
> Rood, David    Wichita (Caddoan)    ?
> Rudin, Catherine    Omaha-Ponca    Reduplication in Omaha-Ponca
> Wilmes, George    Crow    wh questions?
>
> -- 
> David Kaufman, Ph.C.
> University of Kansas
> Linguistic Anthropology
>
>

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