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Download date 26/09/2021 11:41:53 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/582372 MAQLAQSYALANK HEMYEEGA by Joseph James Dupris ____________________________ Copyright © Joseph James Dupris 2015 A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2015 1 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without special permission, provided that an accurate acknowledgement of the source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. SIGNED: Joseph James Dupris APPROVAL BY THESIS DIRECTOR This thesis has been approved on the date shown below: Stacey Oberly Date Professor of Linguistics 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to thank my faculty adviser Stacey Oberly for her valued comments and continuing support. I would like to thank my family and friends who continue to enrich, nourish, house and encourage me each step of my journey. 3 DEDICATION To maqlaqs everywhere. 4 Table of Contents 0. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 10 1. Language Information ...................................................................................................... 12 1.1. Language Family ...........................................................................................................12 1.2. Dialects ...........................................................................................................................12 1.3. Status of Language .........................................................................................................13 1.3.1. Contexts of Use ................................................................................................... 14 1.3.2. Viability ............................................................................................................... 14 1.4. Loan Words .....................................................................................................................15 1.5. Previous Research ...........................................................................................................16 2. Language Community Information .................................................................................. 18 2.1 Tribal History ..................................................................................................................18 2.2. Tribal Government ......................................................................................................... 19 2.3. Sociolinguistic Situation ................................................................................................ 20 3. Orthography ........................................................................................................................ 22 3.1. Orthographic History & Development ............................................................................22 3.2. Albert S. Gatschet 1890 Orthography .............................................................................23 3.3. Phillip (M.A.R.) Barker 1963 Orthography ....................................................................25 3.4. Klamath Tribes 1999 Orthography .................................................................................27 3.5. 2015 Revision ..................................................................................................................29 4. Sound System ...................................................................................................................... 33 4.1. Obstruent Consonants .....................................................................................................33 4.1.1. Stops ..................................................................................................................... 34 4.1.1.1. Unaspirated Stops ........................................................................................ 34 4.1.1.2. Aspirated Stops ............................................................................................ 37 4.1.1.3. Ejectives ...................................................................................................... 38 4.1.1.4. Glottal Stop .................................................................................................. 39 4.1.2. Affricates .............................................................................................................. 39 4.1.2.1. Unaspirated Affricate .................................................................................. 39 4.1.2.2. Aspirated Affricate ...................................................................................... 40 4.1.2.3. Ejective Affricate ........................................................................................ 40 4.1.3. Fricatives .............................................................................................................. 41 4.1.3.1. Alveolar Fricative ........................................................................................ 41 4.1.3.2. Glottal Fricative ........................................................................................... 42 4.1.4, Obstruent Consonant Clusters .............................................................................. 42 4.2. Sonorant Consonants .......................................................................................................43 4.2.1. Nasals ................................................................................................................... 43 4.2.1.1. Voiced Nasals .............................................................................................. 44 4.2.1.2. Voiceless Nasals .......................................................................................... 44 4.2.1.3. Pre-Glottalized ............................................................................................. 45 4.2.2. Approximant Consonants ..................................................................................... 45 4.2.2.1. Voiced Approximants .................................................................................. 46 4.2.2.2. Voiceless Approximants .............................................................................. 47 4.2.2.3. Pre-Glottalized Approximants ..................................................................... 48 4.2.3. Sonorant Consonant Clusters ............................................................................... 48 5 4.3. Vowels .............................................................................................................................49 4.3.1. High Front Vowels ............................................................................................... 49 4.3.2. High Back Vowels ................................................................................................ 50 4.3.3. Low Front Vowels ................................................................................................ 50 4.3.4. Low Back Vowels ................................................................................................ 51 4.3.5. Dipthongs ............................................................................................................. 51 5. Morphology ......................................................................................................................... 53 5.1. Reduplication ..................................................................................................................53 5.1.1. Distributive {re} ................................................................................................... 54 5.1.2. Intensives .............................................................................................................. 55 5.2. Prefixes ............................................................................................................................56 5.3. Suffixes ............................................................................................................................59 5.3.1. Inner Suffixes ....................................................................................................... 59 5.3.2. Outer Suffixes ....................................................................................................... 61 6. Nouns .................................................................................................................................... 63 6.1. s-Class .............................................................................................................................63 6.2. s-less Class ......................................................................................................................64