Hocak Teaching Materials: Elements of Grammar/Learner's Dictionary

by Helmbrecht, Johannes; Lehmann, Christian; Hartmann, Iren; Kabisch-Lindenlaub, Juliane; Marschke, Christian

• ISBN13: 9781438433387
• ISBN10: 1438433387
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

This is the most comprehensive bilingual dictionary ever available for the Hochunk (popularly known as the Winnebagos; orthographically rendered as Hocank) language. Living today in two reservation communities in Wisconsin and Nebraska, the Hochunks are wrestling with the widespread challenge of preserving and teaching their original language to new generations. Language revitalization, as at so many other indigenous communities, is intricately connected to cultural sovereignty in the twenty-first century. The compilers have worked very closely with the Hochunk Language Center in Wisconsin to compile and edit this dictionary, a work that is eagerly anticipated and needed by the community. Also included with this volume is an outline of the basic elements of Hochunk grammar, information that is likewise essential for the future of the original language.

Author Biography

Johannes Helmbrecht is Chair of General and Comprative Linguistics at the University of Regensburg, Germany, Christian Lehmann is Chair of General and Comparative Linguistics at the University of Erfurt, Germany

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Elements of Hocak grammar

Phonology and orthography

Conjugation

Basic concepts

Intransitive inactive verbs (v.inact.)

First conjugation

Intransitive active verbs (v.act.)

Transitive verbs (v.tr.)

Second conjugation

Regular verbs of conjugation class 2

Conjugation class 2a

Conjugation class 2b

Conjugation class 2c

Conjugation class 2d

Irregular verbs of conjugation class 2

Conjugation pattern 2e

Conjugation pattern 2f

Conjugation pattern 2g

Conjugation pattern 2h

Other irregular verbs

Synopsis of grammatical morphemes

Morphonological changes in Hocak word forms and word formation

Learner's dictionary

Using the learner's dictionary

Introductory remarks

How to find Hocak words in the dictionary

Hocak lexemes

English lexemes

Abbreviations

Hocak-English dictionary

English-Hocak dictionary

Thesaurus

Introduction

Semantic classification of Hocak words

Frequency Dictionary of Hocak words

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