Edward Vajda
Biographic Data
| ID | 983005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Vajda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Vajda |
| SIGNATURE | VAJDA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Washington University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Disjunction in Ket
We explore how disjunction is expressed in Ket, an understudied and highly endangered Yeniseian language of Siberia. We show that Ket has multiple strategies of disjunction, which share morphological resources with indefinites and which differ in their scope-taking properties. We present a preliminary analysis and discuss the broader typology, showing that while Ket’s system of disjunction resembles those of Sinhala (Indic; Sri Lanka) and Tiwa (T…
Dene-Yeniseian
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Comparative Wakashan dictionary
Reviewed by (Edward J. Vajda)In pre-contact times, languages belonging to the Wakashan family occupied much of Canada's Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia, as well as a small enclave on
Orientation Systems of the North Pacific Rim by Michael Fortescue (review)
Reviewed by: Orientation Systems of the North Pacific Rim by Michael Fortescue Edward Vajda Orientation Systems of the North Pacific Rim. Michael Fortescue. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2011. Pp. 138. $43.00 (paper). This pioneering study compares directional vocabulary across the genealogically and typologically diverse indigenous languages of northeastern Asia and northwestern North America. Its scope extends considerably beyond the nor…
A Response to Campbell
Metathesis and Reanalysis in Ket
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:This article identifies cases where metathesis and reanalysis have left idiosyncratic changes in the morphology of Ket, a critically endangered language of Central Siberia. The analysis reflects ongoing work compiling The Etymological Dictionary of the Yeniseian Languages (Vajda and Werner, in preparation). With fewer than 100 speakers, Ket is the last surviving member of the Yeniseian family and ge…
Comparative Wakashan dictionary
Reviewed by (Edward J. Vajda)In pre-contact times, languages belonging to the Wakashan family occupied much of Canada's Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia, as well as a small enclave on
A Response to Campbell
Metathesis and Reanalysis in Ket
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt:This article identifies cases where metathesis and reanalysis have left idiosyncratic changes in the morphology of Ket, a critically endangered language of Central Siberia. The analysis reflects ongoing work compiling The Etymological Dictionary of the Yeniseian Languages (Vajda and Werner, in preparation). With fewer than 100 speakers, Ket is the last surviving member of the Yeniseian family and ge…
A Response to Campbell
Orientation Systems of the North Pacific Rim by Michael Fortescue (review)
Reviewed by: Orientation Systems of the North Pacific Rim by Michael Fortescue Edward Vajda Orientation Systems of the North Pacific Rim. Michael Fortescue. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, 2011. Pp. 138. $43.00 (paper). This pioneering study compares directional vocabulary across the genealogically and typologically diverse indigenous languages of northeastern Asia and northwestern North America. Its scope extends considerably beyond the nor…
Comparative Wakashan dictionary
Reviewed by (Edward J. Vajda)In pre-contact times, languages belonging to the Wakashan family occupied much of Canada's Vancouver Island and coastal British Columbia, as well as a small enclave on
Dene-Yeniseian
Preview this article: Dene-Yeniseian, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/dia.18001.vaj-1.gif
Disjunction in Ket
We explore how disjunction is expressed in Ket, an understudied and highly endangered Yeniseian language of Siberia. We show that Ket has multiple strategies of disjunction, which share morphological resources with indefinites and which differ in their scope-taking properties. We present a preliminary analysis and discuss the broader typology, showing that while Ket’s system of disjunction resembles those of Sinhala (Indic; Sri Lanka) and Tiwa (T…
Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 works) · Language and cultural evolution (2 works) · Linguistics and Cultural Studies (2 works)