University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Linguistics ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fall 11-16-2020 Exploring Language Endangerment and Language Change in Tohono O'odham Keiko F. Beers University of New Mexico - Main Campus Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ling_etds Part of the Linguistics Commons Recommended Citation Beers, Keiko F.. "Exploring Language Endangerment and Language Change in Tohono O'odham." (2020). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ling_etds/72 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Linguistics ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Keiko Beers Candidate Linguistics Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Dissertation Committee: Rosa Vallejos, Ph.D., Chairperson Melissa Axelrod, Ph.D. Melvatha Chee, Ph.D. Doris Payne, Ph.D. Ofelia Zepeda, Ph.D. i EXPLORING LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT AND LANGUAGE CHANGE IN TOHONO O'ODHAM by KEIKO FRANCIS BEERS B.A., Art History, University of Minnesota, 1998 M.A., Linguistics, San Francisco State University, 2006 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Linguistics The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico December 2020 ii DEDICATION To my big brother, Tom, who supported me when I began to ask questions and encouraged me when I wanted to explore. iii ACKOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation led me through one of the most challenging adventures that I have yet to experience, and I feel certain that I was able to finish because of the unconditional support and encouragement from a number of people whom I would like to acknowledge.