Ling 603: Topics in Phonology
Pomoan Phonology
Prof. Gene Buckley
Fall 2014
Time: Wednesdays 3–5
Location: Phonetics Lab |
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This seminar will be a survey of all seven languages of the Pomoan language family, to which Kashaya belongs. They raise diverse issues in segmental and prosodic phonology as well as sound change and reconstruction. In addition, because they are generally understudied, this provides many opportunities for original research and analysis.
Because this
is a seminar, the format will emphasize discussion rather than lecture. Articles will often be presented by students. Auditors are expected to participate in discussions and to present readings as well. The grade will be based primarily on a final
paper on some topic relevant to the course content.
Readings
Some of the material may not be ready for general circulation, or is not authorized for universal distribution, so readings
are stored in a password-protected directory. Student presenters are indicated in parentheses.
Oswalt dictionaries
Grammars
September 3: Overview of the Pomoan family
- Sally McLendon & Robert L. Oswalt. 1978. Pomo: Introduction. In Robert F. Heizer (ed.).California, vol. 8 of Handbook of North American Indians, 274–88. [pdf]
- Victor Golla. 2011. California Indian languages. UC Press. [pdf,
pp.105-112 on Pomo languages]
- Mark E. Basgall. 1982.
Archaeology and Linguistics: Pomoan Prehistory as Viewed from Northern Sonoma
County, California. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology 4.1,
3-22. [pdf]
September 10 : Proto-Pomo velars and uvulars
- Sally McLendon. 1973. Proto-Pomo. UCPL 71. [pdf]
September 17 : Proto-Pomo affricates
- Sally McLendon. 1973. Proto-Pomo. UCPL 71. [pdf]
September 24 : Pomoan sound changes (David)
- Julius Moshinsky. 1976. Historical Pomo phonology. Hokan Studies: Papers
from the First Conference on Hokan Languages, 55-75, ed. Margaret Langdon
& Shirley Silver. Mouton. [pdf]
October 1 : Internal relationships and branching (David, Gene)
- Robert L. Oswalt. 1964. The internal relationships of the Pomo family of
languages. Actas y Memorias del XXXV Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (Mexico,
1962), vol. 2, 413-427. [pdf]
- A.M. Halpern. 1964. A report on a survey of Pomo languages. In William
Bright (ed.), Studies in California Languages, UCPL 34, 88-93. [pdf]
morphology:
- Sally McLendon. 1976. The Proto-Pomo pronominal system. Hokan Studies: Papers
from the First Conference on Hokan Languages, 29-54, ed. Margaret Langdon
& Shirley Silver. Mouton. [pdf]
- Robert Oswalt. 1976. Comparative verb morphology of Pomo. Hokan Studies: Papers
from the First Conference on Hokan Languages, 13-28, ed. Margaret Langdon
& Shirley Silver. Mouton. [pdf]
October 8 : Northern Pomo pitch accent (Sunghye)
- Eero Vihman. 1976. On Pitch Accent in Northern Pomo. Hokan Studies:
Papers from the First Conference on Hokan Languages, 77-83, ed. Margaret
Langdon & Shirley Silver. Mouton. [pdf]
- Rebecca Shepardson. 2008. A Study of Tonal Distinctions in Northern
Pomo.
MA Thesis, Boston University. [pdf]
October 15 : Cladistics applied to Pomoan (David)
October 22 : Phonological and pronominal characters (David), revised reconstructions (Gene)
- Sally McLendon. 1976. The Proto-Pomo pronominal system. Hokan Studies: Papers
from the First Conference on Hokan Languages, 29-54, ed. Margaret Langdon
& Shirley Silver. Mouton. [pdf]