Wilson De Lima Silva
Biographic Data
| ID | 1363865 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wilson De Lima Silva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wilson De Lima |
| FAMILY NAME | Silva |
| SIGNATURE | SILVA W L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3526-7197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Estado e conflitos pela terra no Brasil
This article aims to understand the different political positions taken by the State in the dynamics of the land conflict between Araupel and Movimento Sem Terra (MST -Brazilian Portuguese Acronym for Movimento Sem Terra).Sevenx legal processes made available by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform were analyzed based on the methodology by Bardin 3 and Silva and Silva 4 .The timeline technique was used to establish the temp…
The Forms and Functions of Switch Reference in A'ingae
This paper examines switch reference (SR) in A'ingae, an understudied isolate language from Amazonian Ecuador. We present a theoretically informed survey of SR, identifying three distinct uses of switch reference: in clause chaining, adverbial clauses, and so-called 'bridging' clause linkage. We describe the syntactic and semantic properties of each use in detail, the first such description for A'ingae, showing that the three constructions differ…
Storying an interconnected web of relationships in Indigenous language reclamation work and scholarship
Indigenous language work is manifested in a diversity of community-led responses of resilience and persistence. Indigenous persons who are reclaiming their languages have entered academia with goals of contributing to community language reclamation efforts and broader resurgence movements. Adapting Archibald's (2008) concept of storyworkexperiential narratives that privilege a cultural lens-we take a dialogic approach for scholar-educators to sto…
Multilingual Interactions and Code-Mixing in Northwest Amazonia
El multilingüismo de la región del Vaupés en el noroeste de la Amazonía ha llamado la atención de los estudiosos durante décadas. Este artículo aborda cuestiones relacionadas con el cambio y la combinación de códigos en esta región. A menudo se ha repetido que, a pesar del intenso multilingüismo, no se produce mezcla de códigos. Reporto hallazgos que muestran que este no es el caso. Este estudio se basa en un trabajo de campo en una comunidad de …
Sobre uma metodologia de documentação baseada nas atividades de (re)vitalização
Neste trabalho refletimos sobre um modelo de pesquisa colaborativa que emprega atividades de documentação e descrição linguística tendo como ponto de partida atividades de (re)vitalização da língua indígena. Descrevemos como estudo de caso o projeto de revitalização da língua da língua maqlaqsyals falada por membros das Tribos Klamath-Modoc (EUA), mostrando como trabalhos linguísticos que resultam de iniciativas centradas nas communidades indígen…
Comparing Rural Multilingualism in Lowland South America and Western Africa
This article explores and compares multilingualism in small-scale societies of Western Africa and Lowland South America. All are characterized by complex and extensive multilingual practices and regional exchange systems established before the onset of globalization and its varying impacts. Through overviews of the general historical and organizational features of regions, vignette case studies, and a discussion of transformative processes affect…
American Journal Of Human Biology, Volume 28, Issue 6, November/December 2016
s Corporate Citizenship initiative seeks to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges faced
A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano) by Kristine Stenzel (review)
Reviewed by: A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano) by Kristine Stenzel Wilson Silva A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano).Kristine Stenzel. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. Pp. xxii + 506. $80.00 (cloth). Kotiria, also known as Wanano, is an endangered Eastern Tukanoan language spoken in the northwestern region of the Amazon basin in Brazil and Colombia. Kristine Stenzel has carried out research on Kotiria since 2000. This book, a…
The Eastern Tukanoan Languages and the Typology of Classifiers
Comparing Rural Multilingualism in Lowland South America and Western Africa
This article explores and compares multilingualism in small-scale societies of Western Africa and Lowland South America. All are characterized by complex and extensive multilingual practices and regional exchange systems established before the onset of globalization and its varying impacts. Through overviews of the general historical and organizational features of regions, vignette case studies, and a discussion of transformative processes affect…
Multilingual Interactions and Code-Mixing in Northwest Amazonia
El multilingüismo de la región del Vaupés en el noroeste de la Amazonía ha llamado la atención de los estudiosos durante décadas. Este artículo aborda cuestiones relacionadas con el cambio y la combinación de códigos en esta región. A menudo se ha repetido que, a pesar del intenso multilingüismo, no se produce mezcla de códigos. Reporto hallazgos que muestran que este no es el caso. Este estudio se basa en un trabajo de campo en una comunidad de …
The Eastern Tukanoan Languages and the Typology of Classifiers
A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano) by Kristine Stenzel (review)
Reviewed by: A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano) by Kristine Stenzel Wilson Silva A Reference Grammar of Kotiria (Wanano).Kristine Stenzel. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. Pp. xxii + 506. $80.00 (cloth). Kotiria, also known as Wanano, is an endangered Eastern Tukanoan language spoken in the northwestern region of the Amazon basin in Brazil and Colombia. Kristine Stenzel has carried out research on Kotiria since 2000. This book, a…
American Journal Of Human Biology, Volume 28, Issue 6, November/December 2016
s Corporate Citizenship initiative seeks to address the environmental, social, economic, and ethical challenges faced
Multilingual Interactions and Code-Mixing in Northwest Amazonia
El multilingüismo de la región del Vaupés en el noroeste de la Amazonía ha llamado la atención de los estudiosos durante décadas. Este artículo aborda cuestiones relacionadas con el cambio y la combinación de códigos en esta región. A menudo se ha repetido que, a pesar del intenso multilingüismo, no se produce mezcla de códigos. Reporto hallazgos que muestran que este no es el caso. Este estudio se basa en un trabajo de campo en una comunidad de …
Sobre uma metodologia de documentação baseada nas atividades de (re)vitalização
Neste trabalho refletimos sobre um modelo de pesquisa colaborativa que emprega atividades de documentação e descrição linguística tendo como ponto de partida atividades de (re)vitalização da língua indígena. Descrevemos como estudo de caso o projeto de revitalização da língua da língua maqlaqsyals falada por membros das Tribos Klamath-Modoc (EUA), mostrando como trabalhos linguísticos que resultam de iniciativas centradas nas communidades indígen…
Comparing Rural Multilingualism in Lowland South America and Western Africa
This article explores and compares multilingualism in small-scale societies of Western Africa and Lowland South America. All are characterized by complex and extensive multilingual practices and regional exchange systems established before the onset of globalization and its varying impacts. Through overviews of the general historical and organizational features of regions, vignette case studies, and a discussion of transformative processes affect…
Storying an interconnected web of relationships in Indigenous language reclamation work and scholarship
Indigenous language work is manifested in a diversity of community-led responses of resilience and persistence. Indigenous persons who are reclaiming their languages have entered academia with goals of contributing to community language reclamation efforts and broader resurgence movements. Adapting Archibald's (2008) concept of storyworkexperiential narratives that privilege a cultural lens-we take a dialogic approach for scholar-educators to sto…
The Forms and Functions of Switch Reference in A'ingae
This paper examines switch reference (SR) in A'ingae, an understudied isolate language from Amazonian Ecuador. We present a theoretically informed survey of SR, identifying three distinct uses of switch reference: in clause chaining, adverbial clauses, and so-called 'bridging' clause linkage. We describe the syntactic and semantic properties of each use in detail, the first such description for A'ingae, showing that the three constructions differ…
Estado e conflitos pela terra no Brasil
This article aims to understand the different political positions taken by the State in the dynamics of the land conflict between Araupel and Movimento Sem Terra (MST -Brazilian Portuguese Acronym for Movimento Sem Terra).Sevenx legal processes made available by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform were analyzed based on the methodology by Bardin 3 and Silva and Silva 4 .The timeline technique was used to establish the temp…
Linguistics (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works)