Jocelyn C Ahlers
Biographic Data
| ID | 148607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jocelyn C Ahlers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jocelyn C |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahlers |
| SIGNATURE | AHLERS J C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance by Jenny L. Davis
Reviewed by: Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance by Jenny L. Davis Jocelyn C. Ahlers Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance. By Jenny L. Davis. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2018. Pp. 170. ISBN 9780816537686. $50 (Hb). In the conclusion to Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance, Jenny L. Davis writes, ‘Whe…
Linguistic variation and time travel: Barrier, or border-crossing
Two Eights Make Sixteen Beads: Historical and Contemporary Ethnography in Language Revitalization
While analyses of numerals typically focus on presenting morphological and phonological data as well as on comparative historical analyses of the numeral systems of related languages, numerals are rarely analyzed as indices of the kinds of cultural information seen in such semantic fields as, e.g., kinship terminology. On the contrary, an examination of the two counting systems of Elem Pomo reveals a network of sociocultural connections. This pap…
The many meanings of collaboration: Fieldwork with the Elem Pomo
Introduction: Reflecting on language and culture fieldwork in the early 21st century
Framing Discourse
For many Native Americans, the use of English in identity performance is problematized by a connection with dominant culture; the use of Tribal languages does not perform a broader Native American identity. This article considers several examples of the public use of Native American languages by nonfluent speakers, showing that foregrounding the metacommunicative/pragmatic function of such language use over referential function highlights a broad…
The Dirt Is Red Here
Cognitive Metaphors in Hupa
The study of cognitive metaphors is a recent one in linguistics, and has opened up new doors in our understanding of language, as well as of the cognition that underlies language. Until recently, metaphor was considered to be a phenomenon that occurred only in literary language. However, George Lakoff and others have shown that metaphors are in fact deeply embedded in everyday language and provide a window into both the minds and cultures of spea…
Metonymy and the Creation of New Words in Hupa
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Historical Issues in Native American Languages (1996)
Framing Discourse
For many Native Americans, the use of English in identity performance is problematized by a connection with dominant culture; the use of Tribal languages does not perform a broader Native American identity. This article considers several examples of the public use of Native American languages by nonfluent speakers, showing that foregrounding the metacommunicative/pragmatic function of such language use over referential function highlights a broad…
Linguistic variation and time travel: Barrier, or border-crossing
Introduction: Reflecting on language and culture fieldwork in the early 21st century
Two Eights Make Sixteen Beads: Historical and Contemporary Ethnography in Language Revitalization
While analyses of numerals typically focus on presenting morphological and phonological data as well as on comparative historical analyses of the numeral systems of related languages, numerals are rarely analyzed as indices of the kinds of cultural information seen in such semantic fields as, e.g., kinship terminology. On the contrary, an examination of the two counting systems of Elem Pomo reveals a network of sociocultural connections. This pap…
The many meanings of collaboration: Fieldwork with the Elem Pomo
Metonymy and the Creation of New Words in Hupa
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Historical Issues in Native American Languages (1996)
Cognitive Metaphors in Hupa
The study of cognitive metaphors is a recent one in linguistics, and has opened up new doors in our understanding of language, as well as of the cognition that underlies language. Until recently, metaphor was considered to be a phenomenon that occurred only in literary language. However, George Lakoff and others have shown that metaphors are in fact deeply embedded in everyday language and provide a window into both the minds and cultures of spea…
The Dirt Is Red Here
Framing Discourse
For many Native Americans, the use of English in identity performance is problematized by a connection with dominant culture; the use of Tribal languages does not perform a broader Native American identity. This article considers several examples of the public use of Native American languages by nonfluent speakers, showing that foregrounding the metacommunicative/pragmatic function of such language use over referential function highlights a broad…
The many meanings of collaboration: Fieldwork with the Elem Pomo
Introduction: Reflecting on language and culture fieldwork in the early 21st century
Two Eights Make Sixteen Beads: Historical and Contemporary Ethnography in Language Revitalization
While analyses of numerals typically focus on presenting morphological and phonological data as well as on comparative historical analyses of the numeral systems of related languages, numerals are rarely analyzed as indices of the kinds of cultural information seen in such semantic fields as, e.g., kinship terminology. On the contrary, an examination of the two counting systems of Elem Pomo reveals a network of sociocultural connections. This pap…
Linguistic variation and time travel: Barrier, or border-crossing
Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance by Jenny L. Davis
Reviewed by: Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance by Jenny L. Davis Jocelyn C. Ahlers Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance. By Jenny L. Davis. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2018. Pp. 170. ISBN 9780816537686. $50 (Hb). In the conclusion to Talking Indian: Identity and language revitalization in the Chickasaw renaissance, Jenny L. Davis writes, ‘Whe…
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · History (2 works)