Jack B Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590528 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jack B Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jack B |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS J B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From Switch-Reference to Case Marking In Muskogean: The Role of Clefts
Case markers and switch-reference markers in the Muskogean languages are often similar in form and can be difficult to distinguish. This paper surveys both phenomena in each branch of the family. It argues that cleft clauses in Proto-Muskogean appeared after noun phrases to indicate focus. These cleft clauses ended in same- and different-subject switch-reference markers. With time, the cleft clauses were reinterpreted as subject and nonsubject ca…
Muskogee (Creek) Naming Practices
The Muskogee system of personal names has been maintained and documented for over three hundred years. Children in this system are given names that refer to heroic actions performed by a relative. When a boy reaches puberty, he is given a new name (a name-title) that typically connects him to his mother's family and that indicates his willingness to serve the community. Upon marriage, a man may be given a new name to show his adoption into his wi…
Some Phonetic Structures of Koasati
This paper presents results of the first quantitative phonetic study of Koasati, a Muskogean language spoken in Louisiana and Texas. We examine vowel quality, length contrasts in vowels and consonants, the limited system of lexical tone contrasts in nouns, and the grammatical system of tone in verbs. We also study the realization of several word-final consonant clusters (fn, tl, lw, etc.) that are absent in related languages and that are typologi…
How to Tell a Creek Story in Five Past Tenses
Creek (or Muskogee) is among a small number of languages around the world that distinguish multiple tenses based on degrees of remoteness from the time of speaking. Those working on Creek have rarely agreed on the number of tenses or on their meanings, however, and have rarely examined the seemingly intricate ways that speakers use tenses in texts. This paper argues that Creek has one future tense and five past tenses. It finds, however, that spe…
An Acoustic Study of "Tonal Accent" in Creek
"Inalienable Possession" in Creek (And Its Possible Origin)
Lexical and Syntactic Aspects of Creek Causatives
An Acoustic Study of "Tonal Accent" in Creek
How to Tell a Creek Story in Five Past Tenses
Creek (or Muskogee) is among a small number of languages around the world that distinguish multiple tenses based on degrees of remoteness from the time of speaking. Those working on Creek have rarely agreed on the number of tenses or on their meanings, however, and have rarely examined the seemingly intricate ways that speakers use tenses in texts. This paper argues that Creek has one future tense and five past tenses. It finds, however, that spe…
Lexical and Syntactic Aspects of Creek Causatives
Some Phonetic Structures of Koasati
This paper presents results of the first quantitative phonetic study of Koasati, a Muskogean language spoken in Louisiana and Texas. We examine vowel quality, length contrasts in vowels and consonants, the limited system of lexical tone contrasts in nouns, and the grammatical system of tone in verbs. We also study the realization of several word-final consonant clusters (fn, tl, lw, etc.) that are absent in related languages and that are typologi…
"Inalienable Possession" in Creek (And Its Possible Origin)
Lexical and Syntactic Aspects of Creek Causatives
"Inalienable Possession" in Creek (And Its Possible Origin)
An Acoustic Study of "Tonal Accent" in Creek
How to Tell a Creek Story in Five Past Tenses
Creek (or Muskogee) is among a small number of languages around the world that distinguish multiple tenses based on degrees of remoteness from the time of speaking. Those working on Creek have rarely agreed on the number of tenses or on their meanings, however, and have rarely examined the seemingly intricate ways that speakers use tenses in texts. This paper argues that Creek has one future tense and five past tenses. It finds, however, that spe…
Some Phonetic Structures of Koasati
This paper presents results of the first quantitative phonetic study of Koasati, a Muskogean language spoken in Louisiana and Texas. We examine vowel quality, length contrasts in vowels and consonants, the limited system of lexical tone contrasts in nouns, and the grammatical system of tone in verbs. We also study the realization of several word-final consonant clusters (fn, tl, lw, etc.) that are absent in related languages and that are typologi…
Muskogee (Creek) Naming Practices
The Muskogee system of personal names has been maintained and documented for over three hundred years. Children in this system are given names that refer to heroic actions performed by a relative. When a boy reaches puberty, he is given a new name (a name-title) that typically connects him to his mother's family and that indicates his willingness to serve the community. Upon marriage, a man may be given a new name to show his adoption into his wi…
From Switch-Reference to Case Marking In Muskogean: The Role of Clefts
Case markers and switch-reference markers in the Muskogean languages are often similar in form and can be difficult to distinguish. This paper surveys both phenomena in each branch of the family. It argues that cleft clauses in Proto-Muskogean appeared after noun phrases to indicate focus. These cleft clauses ended in same- and different-subject switch-reference markers. With time, the cleft clauses were reinterpreted as subject and nonsubject ca…
Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Lingua franca (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (2 works)