Another Look at Atakapa

In this paper I re-examine one text, out of a total of nine, first analyzed by John Swanton appearing in the Gatschet and Swanton (1932) Atakapa dictionary. Specifically, I examine the first text to appear in this dictionary, which he titled, The Western Atakapa. However, I believe that Swanton’s ti...

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Main Author: Kaufman, David Vincent
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Published: University of Kansas 2014-01-01
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15949
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description In this paper I re-examine one text, out of a total of nine, first analyzed by John Swanton appearing in the Gatschet and Swanton (1932) Atakapa dictionary. Specifically, I examine the first text to appear in this dictionary, which he titled, The Western Atakapa. However, I believe that Swanton’s title for this story is in error, since the story is actually referring to the Hiyekiti ‘the sunrise people,’ or Eastern Atakapas, not the Western Atakapas
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spelling doaj.art-2c0351a867e6424d9113b6decfbcc2fa2022-12-22T04:10:24ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76002014-01-013592910.17161/KWPL.1808.15949Another Look at AtakapaKaufman, David VincentIn this paper I re-examine one text, out of a total of nine, first analyzed by John Swanton appearing in the Gatschet and Swanton (1932) Atakapa dictionary. Specifically, I examine the first text to appear in this dictionary, which he titled, The Western Atakapa. However, I believe that Swanton’s title for this story is in error, since the story is actually referring to the Hiyekiti ‘the sunrise people,’ or Eastern Atakapas, not the Western Atakapashttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/15949Atakapa language-- Discourse analysisIndians of North America-- United States Louisiana-- LanguagesIndians of North America-- United States-- Texas-- LanguagesSwanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Dictionary of the Atakapa language.
spellingShingle Kaufman, David Vincent
Another Look at Atakapa
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
Atakapa language-- Discourse analysis
Indians of North America-- United States Louisiana-- Languages
Indians of North America-- United States-- Texas-- Languages
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Dictionary of the Atakapa language.
title Another Look at Atakapa
title_full Another Look at Atakapa
title_fullStr Another Look at Atakapa
title_full_unstemmed Another Look at Atakapa
title_short Another Look at Atakapa
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topic Atakapa language-- Discourse analysis
Indians of North America-- United States Louisiana-- Languages
Indians of North America-- United States-- Texas-- Languages
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. Dictionary of the Atakapa language.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15949
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