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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: James Crippen (UBC)\n\nCoordinates: November 26th\, 3:
 00–4:30 in EDUC 624 (to be followed by a reception)\n\nTitle: Theoretical 
 analysis of Tlingit’s verbs and consequences for language documentation an
 d learning\n\nAbstract:\n\n\n	The Tlingit language is a First Nations langu
 age of Alaska\, British Columbia\, and the Yukon. It is a member of the Na
 -Dene family and is distantly related to the Dene languages like Navajo\, 
 Kaska\, and Dene Sųłiné. Linguistic research has traditionally presented T
 lingit’s verbs as large strings of interwoven morphology which require com
 plex and opaque lexical entries. This traditional approach is extremely di
 fficult to internalize and generations of Tlingit language learners have b
 een daunted by its complexity. Crippen’s dissertation work counters the tr
 aditional approach\, arguing instead that Tlingit’s verbs are more like wh
 ole sentences and hence that they can be straightforwardly analyzed with c
 onventional syntactic theory. The system described by this analysis is sim
 ple and transparent\, and it concentrates most arbitrary phenomena in a si
 ngle place: the verb root.\n		\n		Eight previously unexplicated properties of 
 roots are documented and analyzed in Crippen’s dissertation: (i) valency (
 √\, v\, Voice) restricts the number of arguments required by default\, (ii
 ) qualia structure (√\, N) restricts the meaning of patients\, (iii) durat
 ivity (√\, Asp) restricts the temporal structure of the eventuality denote
 d by the verb\, (iv) stativity (√\, Ɛ\, Asp) determines the dynamicity of 
 eventualities\, (v) stem variation (√\, V) is the predictable tone (L/H) a
 nd length (μ/μμ) of verb stems\, (vi) conjugation class (√\, Asp) reflects
  spatial organization and determines many apparently unrelated morphologic
 al patterns\, (vii) motion status (√\, Asp\, PP) regulates the location or
  path argument\, and (viii) irrealis status (√\, Asp) reflects whether the
  eventuality denotes a world that is like or unlike the actual world. This
  presentation will illustrate valency (property i) and a few of the other 
 root properties to show how Tlingit’s verbs are built from roots and other
  pieces. The aim is to demonstrate that on the one hand that this system i
 s theoretically tractable and on the other that it is  straightforward to 
 internalize for language learners and so can radically transform efforts t
 o document and revitalize the Tlingit language.\n\n\nAbout the presenter: 
 Dzéiwsh James A. Crippen is a member of the Tlingit nation whose tradition
 al territory (Lingít Aaní) is in Alaska\, British Columbia\, and the Yukon
 . He belongs to the Deisheetaan clan in the Kaaḵáakʼw Hít (Basket House)\,
  is a child of the Sʼiknax̱.ádi clan\, and is from the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan re
 sident in Ḵaachx̱an.áakʼw (Wrangell\, Alaska). He has recently defended hi
 s PhD dissertation in linguistics at the\n	University of British Columbia (
 UBC). He holds an MA in linguistics and a BA in interdisciplinary studies 
 from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He is part of the TTC-UBC Linguis
 tics Partnership which is a collaboration between citizens of the Teslin T
 lingit Council and linguistic researchers at UBC to develop Tlingit langua
 ge research\, documentation\, and pedagogy that support community revitali
 zation needs and enrich academic understanding.\n
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LOCATION:CA\, Education Building\, room 624
SUMMARY:LING/DISE Indigenous Languages search invited speaker – James Cripp
 en
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/channels/event/lingdise-indigenous-la
 nguages-search-invited-speaker-james-crippen-302627
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