Siri G Tuttle
Biographic Data
| ID | 124726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siri G Tuttle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siri G |
| FAMILY NAME | Tuttle |
| SIGNATURE | TUTTLE S G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1807-6639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pitch Patterns in Standard Negation in Alaskan Dene and the Development of Grammatical Tone
NSF NSF/ BCS 1160654 supported research on Koyukon, Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana (2012–2015). NSF 0504247 supported research on Lower Tanana (2004–2007). Research on Upper Tanana was additionally supported by an Insight Development Grant from SSHRC (2012–2015). Research in the 1990s on Middle Tanana was supported by a grant to James Kari from the Alaska Humanities Forum
Comparative and Superlative Constructions in Alaskan Athabascan Languages
A survey of reported comparative constructions in the Koyukon, Ahtna and Tanana Athabascan languages of Alaska shows that many fall into A dimensional verb is accompanied by a modifying postpositional phrase, with the standard being the object of the postposition. Superlatives are not as well represented in lexical documentation as comparatives, which are themselves rare in texts and difficult to elicit. Structured elicitation of comparatives and…
The Prosody of Dena'ina Narrative Discourse
We investigate the prosodic realization of discourse structure in Dena’ina based on two narratives. We assume that a Dena’ina text consists of informational and prosodic “building blocks” of different sizes that we call paragraphs, story units, intonation units, and prosodic words. After outlining semantic and syntactic criteria for each of these, we demonstrate that story units and intonation unit boundaries are cued by prosodic markers includin…
Vowels of Upper Tanana Athabascan
This paper provides a detailed phonetic, synchronic description of the oral vowels of Upper Tanana, an Athabascan language spoken in eastern interior Alaska and the western Yukon Territory. Upper Tanana has, depending on the dialect, six or seven oral monophthongs that can be modified for (low) tone, nasalization, and length. Previous accounts are auditory. They disagree regarding the articulation of two of the vowels (which we represent as /ɘ/ a…
Phonetics and word definition in Ahtna Athabascan
This article investigates the question of word definition in a polysynthetic language, Ahtna Athabascan. Syntactic models of polysynthetic languages cannot explain why some syntactic strings constitute sentences and others words, since they represent both in the same component. In the most articulated of such theories, e.g., Rice (2000) and Hale (2001) for Athabascan languages, it is explicit that words are formed based on prosodic principles. It…
Jicarilla Apache
Jicarilla Apache is an Eastern Apachean language, a member of the Athabaskan family of North American languages. The speech described here is that of one of the authors, Merton Sandoval of Dulce, New Mexico. The Apachean group is comprised of Western Apachean (Navajo; the Western Apache dialects Cibecue, San Carlos, and White Mountain; and Chiricahua and Mescalero) Eastern Apachean (Jicarilla, Lipan) and Plains Apache (formerly called Kiowa Apach…
The Athabaskan Languages
The Navajo Verbal System
Multimedia Technology in Language and Culture Restoration Efforts at San Juan Pueblo
Sue - Ellen Jacobs, Siri G. Tuttle, Esther Martinez, Multimedia Technology in Language and Culture Restoration Efforts at San Juan Pueblo: A Brief History of the Development of the Tewa Language Project, Wicazo Sa Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, Technology and Native American Culture (Autumn, 1998), pp. 45-58
Augmentation as affixation in Athabaskan languages
Athabaskan languages display a remarkable cross-language similarity, yet at the same time the languages of this family differ from each other in restricted ways. This unity and variety provide a useful laboratory for phonological and morphological research. In this paper, we suggest that a certain case of unity which has been analysed as phonologically and morphologically motivated requires a purely morphological analysis. The case in question is…
Phonetics and word definition in Ahtna Athabascan
This article investigates the question of word definition in a polysynthetic language, Ahtna Athabascan. Syntactic models of polysynthetic languages cannot explain why some syntactic strings constitute sentences and others words, since they represent both in the same component. In the most articulated of such theories, e.g., Rice (2000) and Hale (2001) for Athabascan languages, it is explicit that words are formed based on prosodic principles. It…
Jicarilla Apache
Jicarilla Apache is an Eastern Apachean language, a member of the Athabaskan family of North American languages. The speech described here is that of one of the authors, Merton Sandoval of Dulce, New Mexico. The Apachean group is comprised of Western Apachean (Navajo; the Western Apache dialects Cibecue, San Carlos, and White Mountain; and Chiricahua and Mescalero) Eastern Apachean (Jicarilla, Lipan) and Plains Apache (formerly called Kiowa Apach…
The Prosody of Dena'ina Narrative Discourse
We investigate the prosodic realization of discourse structure in Dena’ina based on two narratives. We assume that a Dena’ina text consists of informational and prosodic “building blocks” of different sizes that we call paragraphs, story units, intonation units, and prosodic words. After outlining semantic and syntactic criteria for each of these, we demonstrate that story units and intonation unit boundaries are cued by prosodic markers includin…
The Athabaskan Languages
Augmentation as affixation in Athabaskan languages
Athabaskan languages display a remarkable cross-language similarity, yet at the same time the languages of this family differ from each other in restricted ways. This unity and variety provide a useful laboratory for phonological and morphological research. In this paper, we suggest that a certain case of unity which has been analysed as phonologically and morphologically motivated requires a purely morphological analysis. The case in question is…
Multimedia Technology in Language and Culture Restoration Efforts at San Juan Pueblo
Sue - Ellen Jacobs, Siri G. Tuttle, Esther Martinez, Multimedia Technology in Language and Culture Restoration Efforts at San Juan Pueblo: A Brief History of the Development of the Tewa Language Project, Wicazo Sa Review, Vol. 13, No. 2, Technology and Native American Culture (Autumn, 1998), pp. 45-58
The Athabaskan Languages
The Navajo Verbal System
Jicarilla Apache
Jicarilla Apache is an Eastern Apachean language, a member of the Athabaskan family of North American languages. The speech described here is that of one of the authors, Merton Sandoval of Dulce, New Mexico. The Apachean group is comprised of Western Apachean (Navajo; the Western Apache dialects Cibecue, San Carlos, and White Mountain; and Chiricahua and Mescalero) Eastern Apachean (Jicarilla, Lipan) and Plains Apache (formerly called Kiowa Apach…
Phonetics and word definition in Ahtna Athabascan
This article investigates the question of word definition in a polysynthetic language, Ahtna Athabascan. Syntactic models of polysynthetic languages cannot explain why some syntactic strings constitute sentences and others words, since they represent both in the same component. In the most articulated of such theories, e.g., Rice (2000) and Hale (2001) for Athabascan languages, it is explicit that words are formed based on prosodic principles. It…
Vowels of Upper Tanana Athabascan
This paper provides a detailed phonetic, synchronic description of the oral vowels of Upper Tanana, an Athabascan language spoken in eastern interior Alaska and the western Yukon Territory. Upper Tanana has, depending on the dialect, six or seven oral monophthongs that can be modified for (low) tone, nasalization, and length. Previous accounts are auditory. They disagree regarding the articulation of two of the vowels (which we represent as /ɘ/ a…
The Prosody of Dena'ina Narrative Discourse
We investigate the prosodic realization of discourse structure in Dena’ina based on two narratives. We assume that a Dena’ina text consists of informational and prosodic “building blocks” of different sizes that we call paragraphs, story units, intonation units, and prosodic words. After outlining semantic and syntactic criteria for each of these, we demonstrate that story units and intonation unit boundaries are cued by prosodic markers includin…
Comparative and Superlative Constructions in Alaskan Athabascan Languages
A survey of reported comparative constructions in the Koyukon, Ahtna and Tanana Athabascan languages of Alaska shows that many fall into A dimensional verb is accompanied by a modifying postpositional phrase, with the standard being the object of the postposition. Superlatives are not as well represented in lexical documentation as comparatives, which are themselves rare in texts and difficult to elicit. Structured elicitation of comparatives and…
Pitch Patterns in Standard Negation in Alaskan Dene and the Development of Grammatical Tone
NSF NSF/ BCS 1160654 supported research on Koyukon, Lower Tanana and Upper Tanana (2012–2015). NSF 0504247 supported research on Lower Tanana (2004–2007). Research on Upper Tanana was additionally supported by an Insight Development Grant from SSHRC (2012–2015). Research in the 1990s on Middle Tanana was supported by a grant to James Kari from the Alaska Humanities Forum
Linguistics (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · History (4 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (4 works) · Consonant (3 works) · History (3 works)