Linguistics

Papers and Presentations

(Because several of these papers require phonetic fonts, they don't display well on the web. Therefore, I have opted not to link to some of them. Anyone interested in copies of those papers, may please e-mail me. Links to the others are give below.)

"Kotzebue English: Some Notes on Inupiaq English," in Essays in Native American English, Eds. Guillermo Bartelt et al., San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1982. Pp. 121-156.

"Eskimo-English: The Verb System," read before the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, UC-Berkeley, Nov. 1980.

"An Eskimo-English Dialect: A Discussion of Some Major Features," The USF Quarterly 18(Spring-Summer 1980): 36-38.

"Inuit English," (invited article). SESD Newsletter 2(Jan. 1984): 1 & 4.

"The Verb System in Inuit English," read before the Missouri Academy of Sciences, Jefferson City, MO, April, 1987.

"Eskimo-English Phonology," read before the Missouri Philological Association, Joplin, MO, March 1981.

"The Vowel System of an Eskimo-English Dialect," read before the Midwest/American Dialect Society, Oconomowoc, WI, Nov. 1981.


"‘Hey, Bart! You Got Sigaq, uh?’ Or, English Among the Eskimos," English Department Faculty Lecture Series, CMSU, Warrensburg, MO, Nov. 1981
(No copy available).


"Kotzebue English: The Influence of Inupiaq on the Vocalic System," read before the Midwest/American Dialect Society, Cincinatti, OH, Nov. 1982.

A Study of Semantic Shift in Laudatory And Derogatory Terms in Underground Slang: An Examination of Identity/Opposition Terms

(An unpublished paper written as partial fulfillment of the
requirements for my Master of Arts degree,January, 1971)

"Is There a Women's Language?"

(An unpublished paper written in 1984, but never submitted anywhere for anything. I still think it's a pretty good paper, though!)