Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan
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Uldis Balodis
Abstract
Northern California is an area of profound linguistic diversity and is home to more than twenty language families. Round Valley, located within Mendocino County, is the home territory of the Yuki people and the site of extended language contact between speakers of Yuki and the languages of the Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan language families. In the nineteenth century, speakers of languages from other language families came into contact with the communities of Round Valley due to forced relocation. This article explores the history and effects of contact between the language groups that had long-standing and also more recent contact with Yuki speakers. Special attention is given to the contributions by Mithun regarding borrowing among the Yukian and Pomoan languages.
Abstract
Northern California is an area of profound linguistic diversity and is home to more than twenty language families. Round Valley, located within Mendocino County, is the home territory of the Yuki people and the site of extended language contact between speakers of Yuki and the languages of the Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan language families. In the nineteenth century, speakers of languages from other language families came into contact with the communities of Round Valley due to forced relocation. This article explores the history and effects of contact between the language groups that had long-standing and also more recent contact with Yuki speakers. Special attention is given to the contributions by Mithun regarding borrowing among the Yukian and Pomoan languages.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Language contact and change in the Americas 1
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Part I North America: California
- Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan 17
- The role of passives in the formation of hierarchical systems in Northern California 33
- Assessing the effects of language contact on Northeastern Pomo 67
- Synchronic and diachronic accounts of phonological features in Central Chumash languages 91
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Part II North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan
- Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment 107
- “Excorporation” in a Dene (Athabaskan) language 139
- Contact and change in Oneida 167
- Huron/Wendat interactions with the Seneca language 189
- The usual suspects 219
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Part III Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America
- Language documentation and historical linguistics 249
- The Jakaltek Popti’ noun classifier system 273
- Language contact and word structure 297
- Auxiliation and typological shift 315
- Discourse pattern replication in South Conchucos Quechua and Andean Spanish 339
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Part IV The Americas and beyond
- Measuring language typicality, with special reference to the Americas 365
- Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas 385
- Index 411
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
- Language contact and change in the Americas 1
-
Part I North America: California
- Yuki, Pomoan, Wintun, and Athabaskan 17
- The role of passives in the formation of hierarchical systems in Northern California 33
- Assessing the effects of language contact on Northeastern Pomo 67
- Synchronic and diachronic accounts of phonological features in Central Chumash languages 91
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Part II North America: Athabaskan, Iroquoian, and Uto-Aztecan
- Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment 107
- “Excorporation” in a Dene (Athabaskan) language 139
- Contact and change in Oneida 167
- Huron/Wendat interactions with the Seneca language 189
- The usual suspects 219
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Part III Northern Mexico, Mesoamerica, and South America
- Language documentation and historical linguistics 249
- The Jakaltek Popti’ noun classifier system 273
- Language contact and word structure 297
- Auxiliation and typological shift 315
- Discourse pattern replication in South Conchucos Quechua and Andean Spanish 339
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Part IV The Americas and beyond
- Measuring language typicality, with special reference to the Americas 365
- Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas 385
- Index 411
