Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment: Ahtna riverine directionals in a cardinal world

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dc.contributor.authorBerez-Kroeker, Andrea L.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-01T00:14:30Z
dc.date.available2017-12-01T00:14:30Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the effects of contact with English on the directional system of Ahtna, an endangered Athabascan language of Alaska. The Ahtna directionals reference direction and location in the geographic landscape, but contact with the dominant English system is causing changes in lexicon and possibly the replacement of the entire semantic basis of directional reckoning in Ahtna.
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the effects of contact with English on the directional system of Ahtna, an endangered Athabascan language of Alaska. The Ahtna directionals reference direction and location in the geographic landscape, but contact with the dominant English system is causing changes in lexicon and possibly the replacement of the entire semantic basis of directional reckoning in Ahtna.
dc.format.extent33 pages
dc.identifier.citationBerez-Kroeker, Andrea L. 2016. Contact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment: Ahtna riverine directionals in a cardinal world. In Andrea L. Berez-Kroeker, Diane M. Hintz, & Carmen Jany (eds.), Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in Honor of Marianne Mithun, 107-138. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
dc.identifier.doi10.1075/slcs.173
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/50692
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.titleContact and semantic shift in extreme language endangerment: Ahtna riverine directionals in a cardinal world
dc.typeBook Chapter
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