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Item Traditional ecological knowledge in Indigenous language revitalization(2024) Moffat, Anna; Urbanczyk, Suzanne ClaireTraditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is the knowledge and understanding of the complex systems of local ecology. Indigenous Language Revitalization (ILR) is a movement against the shifting use of a language within its particular community. Both languages and TEK are passed by intergenerational instruction and carried by each specific culture. This thesis explores how ILR and TEK are interconnected in many ways, including in language lessons (both method and content), in understanding worldviews which provide conceptual foundations in language, in language reclamation, and in understanding the land. This thesis follows an Indigenist paradigm and uses the structure of Parker (2012) to answer the following questions: how do communities include TEK in their language revitalization work? What are some of the effects of including TEK in Indigenous language revitalization work? What about TEK is important to language revitalization? To answer these questions, the thesis includes a review of the literature, interviews with Indigenous experts, a website survey and finally, a usable resource. The literature review contains analysis of extant literature. Interviews with experts who have been involved in the work of incorporating TEK in ILR in four Indigenous languages brings additional insight through their greater depth of knowledge, experience and perspective. The website survey contains an analysis of community ILR websites which correspond to the languages spoken by the interviewees. Finally, the creation of a resource ensures that this research is reciprocal. This study contributes to our knowledge of how TEK and ILR are intertwined, and underscores the importance of incorporating, respecting, and recognizing TEK in ILR.Item Learning from Qʷi·qʷi·diččaq ‘Makah’ story: Collaborative analysis and emergent linguistic lessons(2024) Hashimoto, Erin; Lukaniec, Megan; Czaykowska-Higgins, EwaArchival and legacy materials have become important resources for many language revitalization and reclamation programs to support the reawakening of sleeping languages (baird 2013; Baldwin & Costa 2018; Lukaniec 2022) or to maintain relationships with past generations of speakers (Hill 2024). This thesis centers around one such legacy recording in Qʷi·qʷi·diččaq (Makah language) which shares a well-known Makah oral story, “Raven and Crow,” as told by first language speaker, Ruth Claplanhoo. Working alongside Maria Hita·ʔa·ʔoƛ Pascua in her role with the Makah Language Program and Makah Cultural & Research Center, this research transforms the original story recording into accessible materials that can be adapted for current and future speakers, learners, and teachers while simultaneously addressing the limited availability of analyzed stories and texts in Makah. By developing a method for Collaborative Analytical Storywork (described in Chapter 2), Maria and I were able to create transcriptions, translations, morphological analyses, and time-aligned resources which respond to the variety of interests, challenges, and language-learning goals within the Makah language community (Chapter 1). In Chapter 3, I connect the conversations that emerged through my and Maria’s engagement with the “Raven and Crow” story to existing Wakashan literature and present the lessons about Qʷi·qʷi·diččaq that this story teaches us (or questions that it poses). Chapter 4 offers potential applications of this research in Makah language revitalization and suggests new topics and possibilities for future researchers.Item The genetic association of Ainu(1994) Yanagizaki, YumiItem Hardening and weakening in Kwakiutl(1976) Wilson, Peter JohnItem On a certain tension in linguistics : Noam Chomsky and Roy Harris(1993) Williams, Kenneth EvanItem A phonology of Gitksan, with emphasis on glottalization(1974) Wickstrom, Ronald WilliamItem Language, literacy and the developing world(1992) Whitney, John ChristopherItem Textual cohesion : an analysis of ESL students' oral narratives(1985) West, Elizabeth NorahItem Orthographic realizations of a selected sample of students of English as a second language(1976) Warbey, MargarettaItem Using pauses to improve listening comprehension for second language learners(2000) Van Loon, JohnItem An algorithm for the assignment of lexical stress in converting text to speech(1989) Urbanczyk, Suzanne C. (Suzanne Claire)Item Chiac - an example of dialect change and language transfer in Acadian French(1986) Thompson, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Adelaide)Item The effects of loanwords on the phonology of contemporary Japanese(1979) Tatsuki, MasaakiItem Item Keeping tabs on idioms : a sociolinguistic study of the use of English idioms(2002) Smith, Mavis AnneItem Opposition in the discourse of argument(1989) Shahin, Kimary N.Item A text analysis of Japanese contracts from a document design perspective(1993) Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Tracel LynneItem The role of language in the persuasive communication of television evangelists(1983) Schmidt, Rosemarie