Author: Francis La FleschePublisher:
ISBN: 9781258828967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
A Dictionary of the Osage Language
Author: Francis La FleschePublisher:
ISBN: 9781258828967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
A Dictionary of the Osage Language
Author: Francis La FleschePublisher:
ISBN: 9781494105389
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
A Dictionary of the Osage Language (Classic Reprint)
Author: Francis la FleschePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334255038
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Excerpt from A Dictionary of the Osage Language The preparation of this work has been made possible by the Mis souri Historical Society, which, through the energetic interest of its late treasurer, Mr. Breckinridge Jones, established an Osage Fund for this particular purpose from a generous donation for the study of the Osage language made by Mr. E. W. Marland of Ponca City, Okla. It is the result of several years of study and it is hoped that it may be of use to those who desire a knowledge, not only of Osage, but of the great Siouan family of tongues to which it belongs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Osage Dictionary
Author: Carolyn QuinteroPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806186232
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Osage, a language of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan family, was spoken until recently by tribal members in northeastern Oklahoma. No longer in daily use, it was in danger of extinction. Carolyn Quintero, a linguist raised in Osage County, worked with the last few fluent speakers of the language to preserve the sounds and textures of their complex speech. Compiled after painstaking work with these tribal elders, her Osage Dictionary is the definitive lexicon for that tongue, enhanced with thousands of phrases and sentences that illustrate fine points of usage. Drawing on a collaboration with the late Robert Bristow, an amateur linguist who had compiled copious notes toward an Osage dictionary, Quintero interviewed more than a dozen Osage speakers to explore crucial aspects of their language. She has also integrated into the dictionary explications of relevant material from Francis La Flesche’s 1932 dictionary of Osage and from James Owen Dorsey’s nineteenth-century research. The dictionary includes over three thousand main entries, each of which gives full grammatical information and notes variant pronunciations. The entries also provide English translations of copious examples of usage. The book’s introductory sections provide a description of syntax, morphology, and phonology. Employing a simple Siouan adaptation of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Quintero’s transcription of Osage sounds is more precise and accurate than that in any previous work on the language. An index provides Osage equivalents for more than five thousand English words and expressions, facilitating quick reference. As the most comprehensive lexical record of the Osage language—the only one that will ever be possible, given the loss of fluent speakers—Quintero’s dictionary is indispensable not only for linguists but also for Osage students seeking to relearn their language. It is a living monument to the elegance and complexity of a language nearly lost to time and stands as a major contribution to the study of North American Indians.
A Dictionary of the Osage Language
Author: Francis La FleschePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
DICTIONARY OF THE OSAGE LANGUAGE
Author: FRANCIS LA. FLESCHEPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033195147
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Osage Language
Author: Francis La FleschePublisher: Native Amer Books
ISBN: 9781878592200
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Osage Language
Author: Francis La FleschePublisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781436688352
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
This Osage-English and English-Osage dictionary includes a pronunciation key and an introduction by the author.
Dictionary of the Osage Language
Author: Francis La FleschePublisher:
ISBN: 9781404741096
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Osage Indian Customs and Myths
Author: Louis F. BurnsPublisher: Fire Ant Books
ISBN: 0817351817
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Siouan peoples who migrated from the Atlantic coastal region and settled in the central portion of the North American continent long before the arrival of Europeans are now known as Osage. Because the Osage did not possess a written language, their myths and cultural traditions were handed down orally through many generations. With time, only those elements deemed vital were preserved in the stories, and many of these became highly stylized. The resulting verbal recitations of the proper life of an Osage—from genesis myths to body decoration, from star songs to child-naming rituals, from war party strategies to medicinal herbs—constitute this comprehensive volume. Osage myths differ greatly from the myths of Western Civilization, most obviously in the absence of individual names. Instead, “younger brother,” “the messenger,” “Little Old Men,” or a clan name may serve as the allegorical embodiment of the central player. Individual heroic feats are also missing because group life took precedence over individual experience in Osage culture. Supplementing the work of noted ethnographer Francis La Flesche who devoted most of his professional life to recording detailed descriptions of Osage rituals, Louis Burns’s unique position as a modern Osage—aware of the white culture’s expectations but steeped in the traditions himself is able to write from an insider’s perspective.