NL 2711: Introduction to Native American Linguistics
Department of Languages / Faculty of Education
Lakehead University Winter 1999
Handout 16: Topical Bibliography
The following lists contain some of the many titles which are relevant to the study of North American Native languages. These lists are not intended to be comprehensive. The titles listed here frequently contain other references which you may find useful. For convenience they are subdivided under the general headings listed below.
N.B.: Titles that are marked with an asterisk (*) are in my possession; please see me if you want to borrow them. Call numbers that contain the term 'REF' are to be found in the Reference section of the Paterson Library.
- General
- Language families/classification
- Algonquian languages
- Ojibwe linguistic resources (grammars, dictionaries)
- Ojibwe text references
- Cree linguistic resources (grammars, dictionaries)
- Cree text references
- Iroquoian
- Writing systems/literacy
- Language policies/maintenance/shift
- Language contact
- Language and culture
- Place names
- Phonetics
- Grammatical features
- Language and education/bilingualism
- Verbal Art (Oral literature)
GENERAL
- Crawford, James M., ed. 1975. Studies in southeastern Indian languages. Athens: University of Georgia Press. [Call number Paterson PM 441 S93]
- Ferguson, Charles and Shirley Brice Heath, eds. 1981. Language in the USA. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Call number Paterson P 377 L3]
- Foster, Michael K. 1982. Canada's first languages. Language and society 7: 7-16.
- Goddard, Ives, ed. 1996a. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 17. Languages. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36] (numerous articles on native languages)
- Goddard, Ives. 1996b. Introduction. Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 17. Languages, ed. Ives Goddard, 1-16. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36]
- Goddard, Ives. 1996c. The Description of the Native Languages of North America Before Boas. Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 17. Languages, ed. Ives Goddard, 17-42. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36]
- Hodge, Frederick W, ed. 1907. Handbook of North American Indians North of Mexico. Two volumes. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30, part; part 2, 1910. Reprint New York: Pageant Books, 1959. [Call number Paterson REF E77 .H68]
- Holder, Preston, ed. 1966. Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages, by Franz Boas; Indian Linguistic Families North of Mexico, by J.W. Powell. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. [Call number Paterson P105 B66 1966]
- Kinkade, M. Dale, Kenneth L. Hale, and Oswald Werner. 1975. Linguistics and anthropology in honor of C.F. Voegelin. Lisse: Peter De Ridder. [Call number Paterson P35 L5]
- Leap, William. 1981. American Indian languages. Language in the USA, eds. Charles A. Ferguson and Shirley Brice Heath, 117-44. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Call number Paterson P 377 L3]
- Mithun, Marianne. 1990. Studies of North American Indian languages. Annual Review of Anthropology 19: 309-330. [Call number Paterson Periodicals GN1 A61]
- Mithun, Marianne. 1996a. The Description of the Native Languages of North America: Boas and After. Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 17. Languages, ed. Ives Goddard, 43-63. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36]
- Mithun, Marianne. 1996b. Overview of General Characteristics. Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 17. Languages, ed. Ives Goddard, 137-157. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36]
- Sebeok, Thomas, ed. 1973. Current trends in linguistics, volume 10: Linguistics in North America. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 S44 v. 10 pt. 2 c. 1]
- Sturtevant, William C., ed. 1978-. Handbook of North American Indians (various volumes). Washington: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36] (numerous articles on native languages and cultures)
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LANGUAGE FAMILIES/CLASSIFICATION
- Bergsland, Knut. 1993. Eskimo-Aleut languages. The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica 22: 760-62. [Call number Paterson REF AE5 E56 1993]
- * Bright, William. 1984b. The classification of North American and Meso-American Indian languages. American Indian linguistics and literature, ed. William Bright, 3-29. Berlin: Mouton Publishers.
- Bright, William. 1993. North American Indian languages. The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica 22: 762-67. [Call number Paterson REF AE5 E56 1993]
- Campbell, Lyle and Marianne Mithun, eds. 1979. The languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Call number Paterson PM 108 L35]
- Chafe, Wallace L. 1973. Siouan, Iroquoian, and Caddoan. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 1164-1209. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Chafe, Wallace L. 1979. Caddoan. The languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment, eds. Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, 213-235. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Call number Paterson PM 108 L35]
- Goddard, Ives. 1996a. The Classification of the Native Languages of North America. Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 17. Languages, ed. Ives Goddard, 290-323. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36]
- Greenberg, Joseph. 1987. Language in the Americas [Author's précis with commentaries]. Current Anthropology 28(5): 647-67. [Call number Paterson GN1 C97]
- Gruhn, Ruth. 1983. [reply to Murray]. Man 27: 406-8. [Call number Paterson GN1 M26 c.1]
- Haas, Mary R. 1973. The southeast. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 1210-1249. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Jacobsen, William H. 1979. Wakashan comparative studies. The languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment, eds. Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, 766-791. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Call number Paterson PM 108 L35]
- Kaufman, Terrence. 1993. Meso-American Indian Languages. The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica 22: 767-74. [Call number Paterson REF AE5 E56 1993]
- Krauss, Michael. 1973a. Eskimo-Aleut. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 796-902. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Krauss, Michael. 1973b. Na-Dene. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 903-978. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Krauss, Michael E. 1979. Na-Dene and Eskimo-Aleut. The languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment, eds. Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, 803-901. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Call number Paterson PM 108 L35]
- Krauss, Michael and Victor Golla. 1981. Northern Athapaskan languages. Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 6. Subarctic, ed. June Helm, 67-85. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36 v.6 c.1]
- McClaran, Marlys. 1973. Mexico. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 1079-1099. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Murray, David W. 1983. Some caveats regarding linguistic diversity and the peopling of the Americas. Man 27: 403-406. [Call number Paterson GN1 M26 c.1]
- Powell, J.W. 1891. Indian Linguistic Families North of Mexico. Reprinted in Holder, Preston, ed. 1966. Introduction to Handbook of American Indian Languages, by Franz Boas; Indian Linguistic Families North of Mexico, by J.W. Powell. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. [Call number Paterson P105 B66 1966]
- Rood, David S. 1979. Siouan. The languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment, eds. Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, 236-298. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Call number Paterson PM 108 L35]
- Shipley, William. 1973. California. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 1046-1078. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Suárez, Jorge. 1993. South American Indian Languages. The New Encyclopaedia Brittanica 22: 774-81. [Call number Paterson REF AE5 E56 1993]
- Thompson, Lawrence C. 1973. The northwest. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 979-1045. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Thompson, Laurence C. 1979. Salishan and the Northwest. The languages of Native America: Historical and comparative assessment, eds. Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, 692-765. Austin: University of Texas Press. [Call number Paterson PM 108 L35]
- Thompson, Laurence C. and M. Dale Kinkade. 1990. Languages. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 7. Northwest Coast, 30-51. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36 v.7 c.1]
- Voegelin, C.F. and F.M. Voegelin. 1973. Southwestern and Great Basin languages. Current trends in linguistics. Volume 10, ed. Thomas Sebeok, 1100-1142. The Hague: Mouton. [Call number Paterson P25 .S44 v.10 pt.2]
- Woodbury, Anthony C. 1984. Eskimo and Aleut languages. Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 5. Arctic, ed. David Damas, 49-63. Washington: Smithsonian Institution. [Call number Paterson REF E76.2 H36 v.5 c.1]