A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee: With Notes on the Florida and Oklahoma Seminole Dialects of Creek (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)

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Author: Jack B. Martin

ISBN-10: 0803232071

ISBN-13: 9780803232075

Category: Native American Dictionaries -> General & Miscellaneous

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The result of ten years of research, this dictionary contains 7,000 Creek-English entries, 4,000 English-Creek entries, and 400 Creek place names in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma. The volume also includes illustrations, a map, antonyms, dialects, and stylistic information. Entries are given in both traditional Creek spelling and a modern phonemic transcription. Martin is associate professor of English at the College of William and Mary, and Mauldin is instructor of Creek at the University of Oklahoma. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Anthropological Linguistics "This book represents what may be the optimal collaboration for work on Creek, between a linguist . . . and a native speaker. . . . The compilers of this dictionary have done a splendid job, providing maps, pictures, and illustrations that enhance the pleasure of consulting it."

List of IllustrationsviContributorsviiPrefaceviiiAcknowledgmentsixAbbreviations and SymbolsxKey to Dictionary EntriesxiIntroductionxiiiEste Maskoke em OpunvkvxiiiCreek DialectsxviCreek SpellingxviiInformation in Creek-English EntriesxxiiiInformation in English-Creek EntriesxxxSourcesxxxPart 1Creek-English1Part 2Topical Information155Months157Days of the Week157Seasons157Common Expressions157Common Clans158Traditional Dances158Books of the New Testament159Numbers160Ordinal Numbers161Once, Twice, etc.161Age161Chiefs and Principal Chiefs of the Creek Nation162Principal Chiefs, Governors, and Chairmen of the Seminole Nation162Other Famous Figures163Part 3Place-Names165Creek Place-Names and Groups167English Place-Names of Creek Origin171Part 4English-Creek185Appendix352Common Affixes appearing in Entries352Illustrations354