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Language,

Culture,
and Society
F I F T H E D I T I O N

Language,
Culture,
and Society
An Introduction to
Linguistic Anthropology

ZDENEK SALZMANN,
J A M E S M . S TA N L A W,
N O B U KO A DAC H I

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Preface ix

1 Introducing Linguistic Anthropology 1


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2 Methods of Linguistic Anthropology 17


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3 Language Is Sound: Phonology 31


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6 The Development and Evolution of Language 87


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7 Acquiring Language(s): Life with First Languages,


Second Languages, and More 119
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8 Language Through Time 141


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9 Languages in Variation and Languages in Contact 169


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10 Ethnography of Communication 185


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11 Culture as Cognition, Culture as Categorization:


Meaning and Language in the Conceptual World 205
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12 Language, Culture, and Thought 225


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13 Language and Ideology: Variations in Class, Gender, 257


Ethnicity, and Nationality
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14 Linguistic Anthropology in a Globalized World 291


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Resource Manual and Study Guide 327


Answers to the Objective Study Questions and Problems 371
Glossary 377
Bibliography 389
Languages Mentioned in the Text and Their Locations (Map) 419
Index 423
P R E FAC E TO T H E F I F T H E D I T I O N

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B OX 1 . 1 S A P I R O N L I N G U I S T I C A N D
C U LT U R A L C O M P L E X I T Y

All attempts to connect particular types of linguistic morphology with cer-


tain correlated stages of cultural development are vain. Rightly under-
stood, such correlations are rubbish. . . . Both simple and complex types
of language of an indefinite number of varieties may be found spoken at
any desired level of cultural advance. When it comes to linguistic form,
Plato walks with the Macedonian swineherd, Confucius with the head-
hunting savage of Assam.
It goes without saying that the mere content of language is intimately
related to culture. A society that has no knowledge of theosophy need
have no name for it; aborigines that had never seen or heard of a horse
were compelled to invent or borrow a word for the animal when they
made his acquaintance. In the sense that the vocabulary of a language
more or less faithfully reflects the culture whose purposes it serves it is
perfectly true that the history of language and the history of culture move
along parallel lines. But this superficial . . . kind of parallelism is of no
real interest to the linguist except in so far as the growth or borrowing of
new words incidentally throws light on the formal trends of the language.
The linguistic student should never make the mistake of identifying a lan-
guage with its dictionary.
from Edward Sapir, Language (1921), 234

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Anthropology, Linguistics, and Linguistic Anthropology 13

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B OX 1 . 2 L I N G U I S T I C S CO N T R A S T E D W I T H
L I N G U I S T I C A N T H R O P O LO G Y

Unlike linguists, [linguistic] anthropologists have never considered lan-


guage in isolation from social life but have insisted on its interdepend-
ence with cultural and social structures. In this sense, their technical
linguistic analyses are a means to an end, data from which it is possible
to make inferences about larger anthropological issues. Hence, under
the . . . label language and culture, anthropologists study topics such as
the relations between world views, grammatical categories and semantic
fields, the influence of speech on socialization and personal relationships,
and the interaction of linguistic and social communities. . . . As Hymes
has aptly remarked, language is not everywhere equivalent in commu-
nicative role and social value . . . [and] no normal person, and no normal
community is limited in repertoire to a single variety of [style], to an un-
changing monotony which would preclude the possibility of indicating
respect, insolence, mock-seriousness, humor, role-distance, etc., by
switching from one code variety to another. Consequently, the relation
between languages and social groups cannot be taken for granted, but is
a problem which must be ethnographically investigated.
from Pier Paolo Giglioli, ed., Language and Social Context (1972), 910

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Summary and Conclusions 15

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Summary and Conclusions


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Methods of Linguistic
Anthropology

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The Fieldwork Component 19

The Fieldwork Component


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B O X 2 . 1 PA R T I C I PA N T O B S E R VAT I O N

During [Malinowskis] trip to do his first fieldwork, World War I broke out.
When he landed in Australia, he learned that he was now the enemy, and
the Australians informed him that he was stuck for the duration. But he
convinced them that they should let him go and wander the territories,
do a little ethno-exploring. He spent two extensive periods of time on a lit-
tle string of atolls called the Trobriand Islands.
Malinowski became the patron saint of ethnography. He dived right in,
lived with the natives, and learned their language as they spoke it while
they went about their everyday business. He talked about the goal of it
all in romantic tonesto grasp the natives point of view, his relation to
life, to realize his vision of his world, or, as he sometimes put it, to get
inside the natives skin.
The name for this approach to fieldwork, a name that is now enshrined
in the jargon, is participant observation. You dont just stand around and
watch like a parody of a lab technician; you jump in and do everyday life
with people to get a firsthand feel for how things go. At the same time, you
keep a third eye at an altitude of several feet above the action and watch
whats going on in a more distant way.
Never mind that this is difficult, to passionately commit to the flow of
experience and keep your distance at the same time. The concept ex-
presses the right contradiction. Besides, participant observation hides Ma-
linowskis secret about culture. Like Boas and Whorf, he wrote about
culture as what those people have. But participant observation carries
with it a commitment to connect, to put your body and mind on the line,
to engage what those people are doing and figure out why, at first, you
didnt understand. Participant observation signals that culture has to get
personal.
Given the gregarious nature in general and his devotion to participant
observation in particular, its no surprise that Malinowski[s . . . ] first love
was the real situations that made up the daily life of the Trobriand Is-
landers. Language wasnt an isolated object that consisted of words and
the rules for stringing them together into sentences. Language was the way
that people came together in those situations and got things done.
from Michael Agar, Language Shock (1994), 92
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F I G U R E 3 . 1 The Speech Apparatus. (a) A cross-section of the human head showing the
principal parts of the vocal tract. The lungs and the diaphragm below them are not shown.
E esophagus (gullet) 5 velum (soft palate)
L larynx (voice box) 6 uvula
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(b) A view of the glottis (16), with a vocal cord on each side, during normal breathing. (c) The same
view, but with vocal cords vibrating during speech. Adapted from Bohuslav Hla: Uveden do
fonetiky c1 estiny, Prague, 1962, p. 63.
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TA B L E 3 . 1 Types of Vowels According to Place and Manner of Articulation
Place and Manner
of Articulation Vowel Types
If the air excapes oral
through the mouth
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also through the nose
According to the part of front central back
the tongue that is raised
According to the unrounded rounded unrounded unrounded rounded
position of the lips (spread)

According to the position high (close) i beat German khl  Russian occurs in u boot
of the highest point cool to be Turkish
of the tongue in the lower high I bit I as in just (you u book
mouth (according to the wait)
closeness of the tongue mid e bait; German German schn the second o boat; French
to the roof of the mouth) See sea lovely vowel of sofa beau beautiful
lower mid bet French peur  butt bought
fear
low (open) bat a body pot; in London
English, not
It is not easy to illustrate various vowel types by examples from English because of wide dialect variation. For example, people native to eastern
New England, the central Atlantic seaboard, and the coastal South pronounce the words Mary, marry, and merry differently, whereas in the rest
of the United States, these three words are usually pronounced alike.
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TA B L E 3 . 2 Types of Consonants According to Place of Articulation
Place of
Articulation General Description Consonant Type Example(s)
Glottis Vocal folds are positioned so as to cause a Glottal glottal stop that in some dialects
closure or friction. of English replaces the t sound (-tt-)
in such words as bottle
Pharynx Back wall of the pharynx articulates with the Pharyngeal common in Arabic
root of the tongue.
Uvula Back of the tongue articulates with the uvula. Uvular the r sound frequently heard in German
(voiced variety) or French (voiceless)
Velum, or Back of the tongue articulates with the soft Velar initial sound of calf
soft palate palate.
(Hard) palate Front of the tongue articulates with the hard Palatal the nal sound of the German
palate. ich I
Area where the Blade of the tongue (and sometimes the tip) Palato-alveolar initial sound of ship
palate and the articulates with the palato-alveolar area.
alveolar ridge Tip of the tongue, curled back, articulates Retroex typically, t and d sounds in
meet with the palato-alveolar area. English as spoken by East Indians
Alveolar ridge Front of the tongue articulates with the Alveolar the initial sound of sit
alveolar ridge.
Teeth Tongue tip articulates with the upper teeth. Dental t and d sounds of Irish English

Tongue tip is positioned between the upper Interdental the initial sounds of thin and this
and lower teeth.
Lower lip and Lower lip articulates with the upper teeth. Labiodental the initial sounds of fan and van
upper teeth
Lips Both lower and upper lips articulate. Bilabial the initial and nal sound of bob
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TA B L E 3 . 3 Types of Consonants According to Manner of Articulation
Type of Subtype of Consonant
Constriction Constriction General Description Type Examples with Description
CLOSURE Total complete closure at some point in the Plosive, the initial sound of pick; closure
vocal tract, with soft palate raised; or stop at the lips
sudden release of air pressure
Total complete closure at some point in the Nasal the initial and nal sound of mom;
mouth, with soft palate lowered and air closure at the lips
escaping through the nose
Total complete closure at some point in the Affricate the initial and nal sound of judge;
mouth, with soft palate raised; gradual the tongue blade forms closure with
release of air pressure the front of the hard palate
Intermittent an articulator apping loose or one Trill the r sound in Scottish pronunciation
articulator tapping against another or in the Spanish perro dog; the
tongue vibrates against the alveolar ridge
Intermittent a single tap by one articulator against the Flap the r sound in British English
roof of the mouth pronunciation of very or in the Spanish
pero but; the tongue taps the
alveolar ridge
Partial partial closure in the mouth allowing the Lateral the initial sound of law; the middle
air to escape around one or both sides part of the tongue touches the top
of the closure of the mouth
NARROWING at some point in the vocal tract the Fricative the initial and nal sounds of fuss;
opening is narrowed so as to produce air is forced between the lower lip
audible friction and upper teeth, and between the
front of the tongue and the alveolar
ridge, respectively
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B O X 3 . 1 A C R O B AT I C S O F S P E A K I N G

The sounds that we hear when spoken to and that we emit when speak-
ing are produced by complex gymnastics executed by our lips, tongue,
velum, larynx, and lungs. The activities of these independent anatomical
structures are coordinated with a precision that should be the envy of the
most highly trained ballet dancer; yet this truly remarkable exercise is per-
formed at the drop of a hat by even the clumsiest person. In contrast, even
the most adroit primates have never been able to master it, despite inten-
sive training. These facts suggest that the ability to speak is linked to our
genetic endowment, that it is one of the aspects in which humans differ
from all other mammals.
The gymnastic feats involved in speaking are clearly not the whole
story. Speech is not just some noise that humans are capable of emitting;
it is a noise that is produced to convey meaning. And how speech conveys
meaning is surely one of the great puzzles that has intrigued thinkers for
centuries.
from Morris Halle, The Rules of Language (1980), 54

From Phones to Phonemes

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44 Chapter 3: Language Is Sound: Phonology

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Phonemes of English 45

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46

TA B L E 3 . 4 Typical Vowel Phonemes in American English


Phonemic Symbol Example
Single vowels
/i/ bead
/i/ bid
/e/ bade (rhyming with made)
// bed
// bad
// (unstressed = //) bud
/a/ body
/u/ boot
/u/ book
/o/ bode
// bought
Diphthongs
/ai/ bite
/au/ bout
/i/ boy

TA B L E 3 . 5 Consonant Phonemes in American English


Phonemic Symbol Examples
/p/ pit, supper, rip
/b/ bit, ber, rib
/t/ tip, meaty, kit
/d/ dip, odor, kid
/k/ cap, locker, pick
/g/ gap, soggy, pig
/O/ chin, itchy, rich
/j/ gin, pudgy, ridge
/f/ fat, gopher, belief
/v/ vat, ivy, believe
// thin, ether, breath
// then, either, breathe
/s/ seal, icy, hiss
/z/ zeal, cozy, his
/s/ show, potion, rush
// , leisure, rouge
/h/ hasp, ahoy,
/m/ moon, simmer, loom
/n/ noon, sinner, loon
// , singer, king
/l/ limb, miller, reel
/r/ rim, mirror, rear
/w/ wet, lower,
/y/ yet, layer,
Prosodic Features 47

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TA B L E 3 . 6 The Four Distinctive Tones of Mandarin Chinese


Tone Tone Pitch Pinyin
Syllable Number Description Letter Contour Transcription Meaning
ma 1 high and 55 mother
level

ma 2 rising 35 hemp

ma 3 falling, 214 horse


then rising

ma 4 high 51 to scold
falling
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Morphemes and Allomorphs 57

B OX 4 . 1 W H Y E N G L I S H I S S O H A R D

Compared to other Indo-European languages, English has few grammatical


affixes. But as in all natural languages, there are some irregular forms, as
this anonymous poem points out. All the italicized words were used in
English before the twelfth century except vow and booth (thirteenth cen-
tury), boot (fourteenth century), and moose (earliest recorded date of use
is 1603). They are old words, not likely to become regularized.

Well begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,


But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
Then one fowl is goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.

You may find a lone mouse or a whole lot of mice,


But the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldnt the plural of pan be called pen?

The cow in the plural may be cows or kine,


But the plural of vow is vows, not vine.
And I speak of a foot, and you show me your feet,
But I give you a bootwould a pair be called beet?

If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,


Why shouldnt the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three may be those,
Yet the plural of hat would never be hose.

We speak of a brother and also of brethren,


But though we say mother, we never say methren.
So our English, I think you will agree,
Is the trickiest language you ever did see.

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B OX 4 . 2 CO N T R A S T I N G T H E D E S C R I P T I V E
A N D G E N E R AT I V E A P P R O A C H E S

Consider the operation of a gas-powered automobile. Like a language, a car


that runs is a complex functioning whole. Like a language, too, it consists of
many different parts that make up various systems (the drive train, the electric
system, the cooling system, and others), each of which operates according to
specific principles. Applying the view of Chomsky and his followers to this ex-
ample, one can liken the descriptivist approach to the skills and operations of
a mechanic who is well acquainted with the various automobile parts and
their functions but who is not seriously concerned with how and why a car
runs. Very much like the descriptivist linguist, who restricts his or her analy-
sis to surface structures, the mechanic is familiar with the car only superfi-
cially, although capable of maintaining it in good running condition.
According to Chomsky, such an approach is not truly scientific because
it makes no effort to explain. A real understanding of what makes a car run
comes from the comprehension of such fundamental principles as those of
combustion, friction, application of force, and the like. Not until these prin-
ciples are grasped can one say significant things not only about a particu-
lar make of car but about cars in general, and about other conveyances that
utilize these principles (for example, snowmobiles). Consequently, the fun-
damental principles, like the rules of grammar, are prior; and the parts and
their arrangements, like the linguistic units and their arrangements, assume
secondary importance. . . . Nevertheless, for the anthropological field
worker, who is mainly concerned with recording native terms in a service-
able phonemic transcription and who rarely possesses intuitive knowledge
of the language he or she is dealing with, the descriptivist approach con-
tinues to be useful.
from Oriol Pi-Sunyer and Zdenek Salzmann,
Humanity and Culture (1978), 356357

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Summary and Conclusions


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B OX 5 . 1 H A L L O N P ROX E M I C S I N
A C R O S S - C U LT U R A L C O N T E X T

In Latin America the interaction distance is much less than it is in the


United States. Indeed, people cannot talk comfortably with one another
unless they are very close to the distance that evokes either sexual or hos-
tile feelings in the North American. The result is that when they move
close, we withdraw and back away. As a consequence, they think we are
distant or cold, withdrawn and unfriendly. We, on the other hand, are
constantly accusing them of breathing down our necks, crowding us, and
spraying our faces.
Americans who have spent some time in Latin America without learn-
ing these space considerations make other adaptations, like barricading
themselves behind their desks, using chairs and typewriter tables to keep
the Latin American at what is to us a comfortable distance. The result is
that the Latin American may even climb over the obstacles until he has
achieved a distance at which he can comfortably talk.
from Edward T. Hall, The Silent Language (1959), 209

Many Americans feel that [older] Germans are overly rigid in their be-
havior, unbending and formal. Some of this impression is created by dif-
ferences in the handling of chairs while seated. The American doesnt
seem to mind if people hitch their chairs up to adjust the distance to the
situationthose that do mind would not think of saying anything, for to
comment on the manners of others would be impolite. In Germany, how-
ever, it is a violation of the mores to change the position of your chair. An
added deterrent for those who dont know better is the weight of most
German furniture. . . . To a German, light furniture is anathema, not only
because it seems flimsy but because people move it and thereby destroy
the order of things, including intrusions on the private sphere. In one
instance reported to me, a German newspaper editor who had moved to
the United States had his visitors chair bolted to the floor at the proper
distance because he couldnt tolerate the American habit of adjusting the
chair to the situation.
from Edward T. Hall, The Hidden Dimension (1966), 129
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B OX 6 . 1 H O C K E T T O N B L E N D I N G

Suppose a gibbon finds himself in a situation characterized by both the


presence of food and the imminence of danger. The factors, we shall say,
are closely balanced. The normal consequence among gibbons is that one
or the other factor prevails and just one call is given. This time we imag-
ine our gibbon atypical. Instead of emitting either the food call or the dan-
ger call, he utters a cry that has some of the characteristics of each: he
produces a blend of the two.
This is beyond the experience of the other gibbons in his band. De-
pending on acoustic conditions, some of them may hear the actual cry as
the food call, others as the danger call, and others as nonsense. It is un-
likely that any hear it as a new signal, conveying two kinds of information
at once. The consequences are thus negligible.
But now suppose that the early hominids had a somewhat richer call
system (though closed) functioning in a somewhat more complex social
order. Then we may also assume that this type of event occasionally hap-
pened, and that sooner or later the other members of a band responded
appropriately, thus handling an unusually complex situation more effi-
ciently than otherwise. With this reinforcement, the habit of blending two
calls to produce a new one would gain ground.
We have to assume that this is what happened, because blending is
the only way in which a closed system can move towards openness of the
kind characteristic of language.
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Acquiring Language(s):
Life with First Languages,
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B OX 7 . 1 C H OM S K Y O N L A N G UAG E ACQ U I S I T I O N

We can think of every normal humans internalized grammar as, in effect,


a theory of his language. This theory provides a sound-meaning correla-
tion for an infinite number of sentences. . . .
In formal terms . . . we can describe the childs acquisition of language
as a kind of theory construction. The child discovers the theory of his lan-
guage with only small amounts of data from that language. . . . Normal
speech consists, in large part, of fragments, false starts, blends, and other
distortions of the underlying idealized forms. Nevertheless, as is evident
from a study of the mature use of language, what the child learns is the un-
derlying ideal theory. This is a remarkable fact. We must also bear in mind
that the child constructs this ideal theory without explicit instruction, that he
acquires this knowledge at a time when he is not capable of complex in-
tellectual achievements in many other domains, and that this achievement
is relatively independent of intelligence or the particular course of experi-
ence. These are facts that a theory of learning must face. . . .
. . . It is unimaginable that a highly specific, abstract, and tightly or-
ganized language comes by accident into the mind of every four-year-old
child.
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B OX 7 . 2 T H E H UM A N B R A I N A N D
L A N G UAG E ACQ U I S I T I O N

Why arent babies born talking? We know that part of the answer is that
babies have to listen to themselves to learn how to work their articula-
tors, and have to listen to their elders to learn communal phonemes,
words, and phrase orders. Some of these acquisitions depend on other
ones, forcing development to proceed in a sequence: phonemes before
words, words before sentences. But any mental mechanism powerful
enough to learn these things could probably do so with a few weeks or
months of input. Why does the sequence have to take three years?
Could it be any faster?
Perhaps not. Complicated machines take time to assemble, and
human infants may be expelled from the womb before their brains are
complete. A human, after all, is an animal with a ludicrously large head,
and a womans pelvis, through which it must pass, can be only so big.
If human beings stayed in the womb for the proportion of their life cycle
that we would expect based on extrapolation from other primates, they
would be born at the age of eighteen months. That is the age at which
babies in fact begin to put words together. In one sense, then[,] babies
are born talking!
And we know that babies brains do change considerably after birth.
Before birth, virtually all the neurons (nerve cells) are formed, and they
migrate into their proper locations in the brain. But head size, brain
weight, and thickness of the cerebral cortex (gray matter), where the
synapses (junctions) subserving mental computation are found, continue
to increase rapidly in the year after birth. Long-distance connections
(white matter) are not complete until nine months, and they continue to
grow their speed-inducing myelin insulation throughout childhood.
Synapses continue to develop, peaking in number between nine months
and two years (depending on the brain region), at which point the child
has fifty percent more synapses than the adult! Metabolic activity in the
brain reaches adult levels by nine to ten months, and soon exceeds it,
peaking around the age of four. The brain is sculpted not only by adding
neural material but by chipping it away. Massive numbers of neurons die
in utero, and the dying continues during the first two years before level-
(continues)
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(continued)
ing off at age seven. Synapses wither from the age of two through the rest
of childhood and into adolescence, when the brains metabolic rate falls
back to adult levels. Language development, then, could be on a matu-
rational timetable, like teeth. Perhaps linguistic accomplishments like
babbling, first words, and grammar require minimum levels of brain size,
long-distance connections, and extra synapses, particularly in the lan-
guage centers of the brain. . . .
So language seems to develop about as quickly as the growing brain
can handle it.
from Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct (1994), 288289
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B OX 8 . 1 S I E B E RT O N T H E O R I G I N A L H OM E O F
T H E P ROTO - A LG O N Q U I A N P E O P L E

The primeval home. . . . lay between the almost strictly coniferous forests
to the north and the deciduous woodlands to the south. That the Proto-
Algonquians lived in a mixed-forest zone is evident from the frequent use
of the two contrasting noun-finals in many tree names, PA *-antakw-
evergreen tree, conifer and *-axkw- wood; hardwood or deciduous
tree. The relatively southern species of deciduous trees, like the white
ash, sugar maple, basswood, and beech, extend more or less only slightly
farther north than the Algonquian homeland, whereas northern conifers,
like the white spruce and tamarack, were found commonly only to the
southern borders of the original home or slightly beyond.
The original home lay at the southern limit of the woodland caribou. . . .
The harbour seal is the only seal that is common on the eastern coast of
the United States . . . [but] in aboriginal times its ascent penetrated . . . into
the interior along the upper St. Lawrence River and affluent streams. . . .
The distributions of [four species of fish] provide additional reasons for pin-
pointing the earliest Algonquian residence to southern Ontario rather than
to a more western portion of the Great Lakes region. . . .
In order to allow for possible undetermined changes in the distribution
of fauna and flora in the prehistoric period . . . the earliest original home
is diagrammatically represented as Stage Number 1 . . . and an expanded
area of occupancy of slightly later date, which certainly includes the en-
tire Algonquian homeland, is characterized as Stage Number 2. To these
the tentative dates of 1200 B.C. and 900 B.C., respectively, are assigned as
suppositions to serve as a basis for further discussion. . . .
The earliest residence of the speakers of Proto-Algonquian is ascer-
tained by the multiple intersections of the distributional lines of signifi-
cant species. The original home of the Algonquian peoples lay in the
region between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and the middle course of
the Ottawa River, bounded on the north by Lake Nipissing and the Mat-
tawa River and on the south by the northern shore of Lake Ontario, the
headwaters of the Grand River, and the Saugeen River.
from Frank T. Siebert, Jr., The Original Home of
the Proto-Algonquian People (1967), 3640
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TA B L E 8 . 1 The 100-Word Core Vocabulary


I dog nose die smoke
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this seed tongue y burn
that leaf claw walk path
who root foot come mountain
what bark knee lie red
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all esh belly stand yellow
many blood neck give white
one bone breasts say black
two grease heart sun night
big egg liver moon hot
long horn drink star cold
small tail eat water full
woman feather bite rain new
man hair see stone good
person head hear sand round
sh ear know earth dry
bird eye sleep cloud name
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is, they are very old English words. Because of the universal nature and occurrence of the
referents for which these words stand, equivalents in other languages are available and may
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B OX 8 . 2 L I N G U I S T I C I N F E R E N C E S
A B O U T E A R LY B A N T U H I S T O R Y

The oldest Bantu subsistence vocabulary so far reconstructible accords


with postulation of a high-rainfall, tropical environment for the proto-
Bantu homeland. No grain terms can be reconstructed, but there is in-
stead a word for yam. Two or three possible root words dealing with the
oil palm may also date to proto-Bantu, and the reconstructible proto-
Bantu name for alcoholic drink apparently referred specifically to palm
wine. At least one cucurbit, probably the bottle gourd, a pulse (the cow-
pea?), and probably the Voandzeia groundnut were also known to the
proto-Bantu. . . . These three crops would all have been domesticated
elsewhere than in the proto-Bantu homeland, but apparently they could
be effectively grown in high-rainfall savanna and/or rain forest. . . .
A second indication of a high-rainfall environment is provided by the
reconstructibility of fishing and boating vocabulary. . . . Apparently the
proto-Bantu made considerable use of riverine resources and lived where
large perennial streams were commonplace.
Knowledge of two domestic animals, cattle and goats, can be recon-
structed. . . . Whatever the cause of proto-Bantu knowledge of cattle, it was
lost by those who expanded into the equatorial rain forest, for the proto-
Bantu root *nyaka is found no farther south than some of the forest lan-
guages in which it was reapplied, in the absence of cattle, to the buffalo. . . .
Contrary to a widely held view, knowledge of ironworking cannot be
linguistically reconstructed for proto-Bantu. . . . By the beginnings, how-
ever, of Bantu expansion into eastern Africa, on linguistic grounds most
probably during the last millennium B.C., metallurgical terms had come
into use among at least the ancestral Eastern Bantu communities.
from Christopher Ehret, Linguistic Inferences
About Early Bantu History(1982), 6162

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B O X 9 . 1 C R E O L I Z AT I O N O F T O K P I S I N

World War II greatly accelerated the spread of Tok Pisin within New
Guinea. New Guinean males who were pressed into service by the various
foreign armies had only Tok Pisin as a common language. In addition, there
were extensive movements of indigenous populations during the war and
Tok Pisin spread with them. Following the war, the traditional state of war-
fare or hostility between indigenous groups in Papua New Guinea was al-
most completely eliminated as a result of the continuous efforts of
missionaries and the pacification programs of various foreign governments.
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being killed. Mobility is increasing considerably as transportation improves,
and many people are leaving their home villages to seek employment and
excitement in urban areas. When groups mix in this way, Tok Pisin is usu-
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Guinea. There are an increasing number of marriages between men and
women from different linguistic groups. When such couples live in towns
away from the home group of either partner they generally speak only Tok
Pisin in the home, and their children acquire Tok Pisin as a native language.
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B OX 1 0 . 1 F E S T I V E D R I N K I N G A N D
TA L K I N G A M O N G T H E S U B A N U N

As the size and role-structure of the gathering becomes defined, discourse


changes in topic to removed referents, usually beginning with relatively
trivial gossip, proceeding to more important subjects of current interest,
and, finally, in many cases arriving at litigation. . . . Success in effecting
legal decisions depends on achieving a commanding role in the en-
counter and on debating effectively from that position. Since there are no
sanctions of force legally applicable to back up a decision, the payment
of a fine in compliance with a decision is final testimony to the prowess
in verbal combat of the person who made the decision.
. . . If drinking continues long enough, the focus of messages shifts
from their topics to play with message forms themselves, following styl-
ized patterns of song and verse composition. Songs and verses are com-
posed on the spot to carry on discussions in an operetta-like setting. Even
unsettled litigation may be continued in this manner, the basis for decision
being shifted from cogent argument to verbal artistry. The most prestigious
kinds of drinking songs require the mastery of an esoteric vocabulary by
means of which each line is repeated with a semantically equivalent but
formally different line. Game drinking is a frequent accompaniment to
these displays of verbal art. Together they help assure that the festivity will
end with good feelings among all participants, a goal which is explicitly
stated by the Subanun. Participants who had displayed marked hostility
toward each other during the course of drinking talk may be singled out
for special ritual treatment designed to restore good feelings.
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It is still not definitively clear how we as children learn what words mean.
For the most part, words are never explicitly defined for us, even though
many times specific examples are pointed out (Look, theres a puppy
coming!). Still, this process is often equally mysterious, even to adults,
when things are explained to them and they have the intellectual matu-
rity to know what to look for and the tools to do so. A case in point is
when one of the authors (Stanlaw) was studying Japanese. The first week
of language class he learned two important survival words: eat (taberu)
and drink (nomu). When Japanese people would consume tea, beer, or
water they would nomu; when they would consume sushi, hamburgers,
or pizza they would taberu. There were a few oddities, however (as seen
below). Japanese people would nomu chicken soup or aspirin, while
Americans would eat the soup or take the aspirin. If something was
dropped on the floor, a dog could eat itor taberu itin both lan-
guages (even if it was an aspirin). Stanlaw chalked this up to just some of
the inevitable exceptions to the rules in learning a foreign language and
never thought much more about these peculiarities, as about 90% of the
time he ate and drank in Japanese just fine.

ENGLISH JAPANESE
water, beer drink nomu
hamburger, sushi eat taberu
chicken soup eat nomu
aspirin take nomu
dogs stuff on the floor eat taberu

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(continued)
On his first trip to Japan, Stanlaw went to the zoo one day to people-
watch and noticed a grade school class on one of their ubiquitous field
trips getting a guided tour in the reptile house. After being shown a num-
ber of snakes, someone asked the zookeeper What do pythons nomu?
Assuming he was smarter than a Japanese fifth grader, Stanlaw thought
the answer would be obvious. Even snakes sometime probably had to
drink water. He was surprised at the zookeepers reply, Pythons nomu
mice and rats. Pondering how pythons could drink mice, it finally
dawned on him what nomu really meant: to ingest something without
chewing. Pythons, of course, swallow their prey whole, so they dont
ingest by moving the jaws, which is what taberu refers to. This is why
Japanese can nomu soups or aspirins, as these are generally not chewed.
A dog, however, will chew something he picks up off the floor, even an
aspirin, so the right verb is taberu in this case.
Stanlaw went to his Japanese teachers with his new insights: First, in
English the world of consumables is divided into liquids (which are
drunk) and solids (which are eaten). Second, the Japanese divide the
world into actionswhether or not something is chewed (taberu) or not
chewed (nomu). His teachers looked at him as if he had just discovered
that the sky is blue or dogs have tails. This fact about the cultural universe
was so self-evident to the Japanese teachers that they were at a loss to
even know that it had to be pointed out (and in fact, at the time, most
Japanese-English dictionaries didnt).
Stanlaw also realized a third thing: In the English world, speakers take
medicines, regardless of whether they are solids or liquids. So there is an-
other distinction English makesthat between consumables and medi-
cines. It is the intent behind the ingestion that is as significant as either the
act itself or the item ingested. Dogs snatching up the dropped aspirin are
not really taking it, they are just eating it as they would any stray scrap of
food they find. But if a dog were sick and went to the vet, he might be given
some baby aspirins that the owner would be instructed to have him take
at certain times. These were aspects about the meaning of the English words
eat, drink, and take that Stanlaw had never been explicitly taught.
Nor had he really noticed their usage before, even though he had been
using these wordspresumably correctlyfor decades.
Jim Stanlaw
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and Linguistic Determinism
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B O X 1 2 . 1 H O W W O R D S A F F E C T B E H AV I O R

It was in the course of my professional work for a fire insurance com-


pany, in which I undertook the task of analyzing many hundreds of re-
ports of circumstances surrounding the start of fires, and in some cases,
of explosions. My analysis was directed toward purely physical condi-
tions, such as defective wiring, presence or lack of air spaces between
metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these
terms. . . . But in due course it became evident that not only a physical
situation qua physics, but the meaning of that situation to people, was
sometimes a factor, through the behavior of the people, in the start of the
fire. And this factor of meaning was clearest when it was a LINGUISTIC
MEANING, residing in the name or the linguistic description commonly
applied to the situation. Thus, around a storage of what are called gaso-
line drums, behavior will tend to a certain type, that is, great care will be
exercised; while around a storage of what are called empty gasoline
drums, it will tend to be differentcareless, with little repression of
smoking or of tossing cigarette stubs about. Yet the empty drums are
perhaps the more dangerous, since they contain explosive vapor. Physi-
cally the situation is hazardous, but the linguistic analysis according to
regular analogy must employ the word empty, which inevitably sug-
gests lack of hazard.
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B O X 1 2 . 2 C A R R O L L O N L I N G U I S T I C R E L AT I V I T Y

The speakers of one language . . . may tend to ignore differences which are
regularly noticed by the speakers of another language. This is not to say that
they always ignore them, for these differences can indeed be recognized
and talked about in any language, but they are differences which are not al-
ways salient in their experiences. The effect of any one language category
is to lead language users to assume, perhaps mistakenly, that there is uni-
formity of some sort within the category. . . . For example, historians have
pointed out that the use of the term the Middle Ages may lead to the false
impression that the period between the fall of Rome and the Italian Ren-
aissance was in truth a distinct historical period which had uniform char-
acteristics, throughout its length, which set it apart from other periods. . . .
Let us now analyze a simple cross-linguistic example. In English, it is
possible to report about someone, He went to town. Nothing is said
about his mode of travel: he might have walked, run, rode a horse, driven
a car, or taken a bus or even a boat or a helicopter. It is well known that
in German one would have to specify at least a minimum of information
about the mode of travel. Use of the verb gehen (as a cognate of go, ap-
parently the most direct translation) would imply walking or some other
form of self-propelled movement; use of fahren would imply going in a
vehicle; of reiten, going on horseback; etc. Russian, and, it so happens,
Navaho, could use an even longer list of verbs to distinguish modes of
transportation. Thus, in English, it is possible to focus attention on the
mere fact of someones having departed in the direction of town, even
though the speaker of English can be more specific if he wants to: walked,
ran, drove, rode, flew, bicycled, rowed, helicoptered could be substituted
for went in the sentence indicated. . . . As compared with German speak-
ers, English speakers are sometimes benefited, sometimes disadvantaged
by the possible lack of specificity in the meaning of the English term go.
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B O X 1 3 . 1 TA L K I N G L I K E A L A D Y

Aside from specific lexical items like color names, we find differences be-
tween the speech of women and that of men in the use of particles that
grammarians often describe as meaningless. There may be no referent
for them, but they are far from meaningless: they define the social context
of an utterance, indicate the relationship the speaker feels between him-
self and his addressee, between himself and what he is talking about.
As an experiment, one might present native speakers of standard Amer-
ican English with pairs of sentences, identical syntactically and in terms
of referential lexical items, and differing merely in the choice of mean-
ingless particle, and ask them which was spoken by a man, which a
woman. Consider:
(a) Oh dear, youve put the peanut butter in the refrigerator again.
(b) Shit, youve put the peanut butter in the refrigerator again.
It is safe to predict that people would classify the first sentence as part
of womens language, the second as mens language. It is true that
many self-respecting women are becoming able to use sentences like (b)
publicly without flinching, but this is a relatively recent development, and
while perhaps the majority of Middle America might condone the use of
(b) for men, they would still disapprove of its use by women. (It is of in-
terest, by the way, to note that mens language is increasingly being used
by women, but womens language is not being adopted by men, apart
from those who reject the American masculine image [for example, ho-
mosexuals]. This is analogous to the fact that mens jobs are being sought
by women, but few men are rushing to become housewives or secretaries.
The language of the favored group, the group that holds the power, along
with its nonlinguistic behavior, is generally adopted by the other group,
not vice versa. In any event, it is a truism to state that the stronger ex-
pletives are reserved for men, and the weaker ones for women.
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B O X 1 3 . 2 W H AT D O E S T H E W O R D M A N M E A N ?

It has been argued that the word man, as in man is a primate, is inde-
pendent of sex, that it refers to all members of the species, and that it is just
an etymological coincidence that the form for the species is the same as
that for the male members of the species. Certainly, using the same form
for the entire species and for half the species creates the possibility of con-
fusion, as those colonial women discovered who rashly thought that the
word man in the sentence All men are created equal included them.
More confusion may come about when we use phrases like early man. Al-
though this presumably refers to the species, notice how easy it is to use
expressions like early man and his wife and how hard it is to say things
like man is the only animal that menstruates or even early woman and her
husband. . . . The common theme running through these last examples is
that the male is taken as the normal, that masculine forms refer both to the
sex and the species, while women are the exception, usually absorbed by
the masculine, but needing special terms when they become noticeable.
If the above examples have not convinced you that man as a generic is
at best ambiguous, consider the following quote from Alma Graham . . . :
If a woman is swept off a ship into the water, the cry is Man over-
board! If she is killed by a hit-and-run driver, the charge is manslaughter.
If she is injured on the job, the coverage is workmens compensation. But
if she arrives at a threshold marked Men Only, she knows the admoni-
tion is not intended to bar animals or plants or inanimate objects. It is
meant for her.
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B OX 1 3 . 3 A F R I C A N - A M E R I C A N E N G L I S H I N AC T I O N :
A F I F T E E N -Y E A R - O L D S P E A K S

INTERVIEWER: What happens to you after you die? Do you know?


LARRY: Yeah, I know.
I: What?
LARRY: After they put you in the ground, your body turns intoahbones,
an shit.
I: What happens to your spirit?
LARRY: Your spiritsoon as you die, your spirit leaves you.
I: And where does the spirit go?
LARRY: Well, it all depends . . .
I: On what?
LARRY: You know, like some people say if youre good an shit, your spirit
goin theaven . . . n if you bad, your spirit goin to hell. Well, bullshit!
Your spirit goin to hell anyway, good or bad.
I: Why?
LARRY: Why? Ill tell you why. Cause, you see, doesn nobody really know
that its a God, yknow, cause I mean I have seen black gods, pink gods,
white gods, all color gods, and dont nobody know its really a God. An
when they be sayin if you good, you goin theaven, thas bullshit, cause
you aint goin to no heaven, cause it aint no heaven for you to go to.
I: Well, if theres no heaven, how could there be a hell?
LARRY: I meanye-eah. Well, let me tell you, it aint no hell, cause this is
hell right here, yknow!
I: This is hell?
LARRY: Yeah, this is hell right here!
I: . . . But, just say that there is a God, what color is he? White or black?
LARRY: Well, if it is a God . . . I wouldn know what color, I couldn say,
couldn nobody say what color he is or really would be.
I: But now, jus suppose there was a God
LARRY: Unlessn they say . . .
I: No, I was jus sayin jus suppose there is a God, would he be white or
black?
LARRY: . . . Hed be white, man.
I: Why?
LARRY: Why? Ill tell you why. Cause the average whitey out here got every-
thing, you dig? And the nigger aint got shit, yknow? Yunderstan? So
umforin order for that to happen, you know it aint no black God
thats doin that bullshit.
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Intercultural Communication and Translation 303

B O X 1 4 . 1 P L A N S F O R T H E R E V I TA L I Z AT I O N O F K E R E S ,
THE DIALECT OF RIO GRANDE KERESAN, SPOKEN IN
T H E P U E B LO O F CO C H I T I , N E W M E X I CO

As of this writing, the plans for the fall [2000] include (1) an all-Keres room where
Head Start and preschool children can spend from half an hour to two hours daily,
depending on their parents preferences; (2) Keres language classes for tribal em-
ployees, to be given three times a week; (3) after-school arts and crafts and recre-
ational activities for school-age children; and (4) arts and crafts and Keres classes
for adults in the evenings. In addition, CIEC [Cochiti Indian Education Committee]
and CETF [Cochiti Education Task Force] committee members have committed
themselves to providing mentoring to less fluent speakers and to revitalizing the
practice of visiting each other and maintaining Keres during these visits. Several
community projects such as ditch cleaning, weeding, and painting are planned in
which fluent adults are matched with learning adolescents.
All of these efforts will be undertaken either with volunteers or with tribal
funds. This allows the tribe to maintain control and to remain faithful to its own
values. Moreover, drawing in the different segments of the communityfor ex-
ample, the elders, the tribal council, tribal employees, parents, and children
underscores the fact that the language revitalization project belongs to everyone
and therefore all have a responsibility to its continuation.
Future plans include a language nest, where babies and very young children
can be cared for by fluent Keres-speaking grandmothers; an all-Keres pre-
school program; a healthy after-school recreational program; more community
projects; adolescent-elder pairings; and consistent Keres class offerings after
school and in the evenings for adults. These plans for the future will necessarily
mean that more fluent speakers will be needed to teach and to lead in the var-
ious initiatives that are to come.
The CIEC, the task force, and the leaders of the community understand the
commitment required to make all of this a reality. However, they also under-
stand the power of these initiatives for the language learning of their future lead-
ers. Much of the success that the Pueblo de Cochiti has enjoyed is owed to the
fact that the leaders have moved slowly and planned carefully. Above all, they
have made certain that every step taken has been consonant with Cochiti tradi-
tional culture and values.
from Regis Pecos and Rebecca Blum-Martinez,
The Key to Cultural Survival (2001), 8182
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Speakers About Athabaskans Speakers About English Speakers
They do not speak. They talk too much.
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acquaintances. the future.
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to be given to them. when they can.
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going to happen later.
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In a class on Japanese linguistics I was teaching, I was describing some of


the new orthographic games Japanese teenage girls play on their cell
phones when they text-message using symbols, emoticons, and scripts
from various foreign languages. Oh, thats just like leet! said a student.
Seeing the puzzled look on my face, he went to the board and wrote
31337 sp34k, as if this explained everything. It didnt. After a pregnant
pause, with me unsuccessfully finding a way to appear both knowledge-
able and cool, he said, You really are a newba newbiearent you?
while writing n00b in big letters. It dawned on me that this was some kind
of code. 0 replaced the letter o, 7 replaced t, 1 replaced l, 4 replaced A,
5 replaced S, and so on. So, 31337 was supposed to be elitespelled
eleet, and shortened to leet, in this strange argot. But this was not what
cryptologists call a transposition cipher, where numbers simply encoded
letters. Instead, what was going on was a kind orthographic running joke.
For example, ph was often used for any f-sounds, and words could be
transcribed in several ways: fear might be rendered ph34r, ph33r, or
phear. Phonetic and orthographic puns saturate leet-speek, and some-
times the uninitiated might miss the joke. I never would have guessed
that b7 is banned, and the logic, such as it is, is something like this:
The ampersand (&) is pronounced and, and the number 7 and the
character & share the same key on the keyboard. Thus, b and 7 (i.e.,
and) make banned. Surely, even you . . . you who are . . . he wrote
4n o1d F4rt on the board, as the class broke out into gigglescan see
this, right? But of course, I lied, trying to keep my composure. Later
on, after class, I figured it out. I could console myself, however, that at
least I was not an ber g33k like my student.
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B O X 1 4 . 4 . W H AT L I N G U I S T I C A N T H R O P O L O G I S T S
HELPED ACCOMPLISH

It is the policy of the United States to


1) preserve, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Amer-
icans to use, practice, and develop Native American languages; . . .
(3) encourage and support the use of Native American languages as a
medium of instruction in order to encourage and support
(A) Native American language survival,
(B) educational opportunity,
(C) increased student success and performance,
(D) increased student awareness and knowledge of their culture
and history, and
(E) increased student and community pride;
(4) encourage State and local education programs to work with Native
American parents, educators, Indian tribes, and other Native Ameri-
can governing bodies in the implementation of programs to put this
policy into effect;
(5) recognize the right of Indian tribes and other Native American gov-
erning bodies to use the Native American languages as a medium of
instruction in all schools funded by the Secretary of the Interior; . . .
(7) support the granting of comparable proficiency achieved through
course work in a Native American language the same academic
credit as comparable proficiency achieved through course work in a
foreign language . . .
Public Law 101-477 Title INative American Languages Act [1990]
RESOURCE MANUAL AND
S T U DY G U I D E

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Chapter 2

Key Terms
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332 R E S O U R C E M A N U A L A N D S T U DY G U I D E

Chapter 3

Key Terms
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6. cima calabash 12. wanyu he quit singing

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5. kotel kettle 13. tyikat to tick (clock)
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7. tedi hence 15. vana bathtub
8. tele calf (animal) 16. vata absorbent cotton

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to know 6. ulan I do not speak
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5. wsk ve 10. royde he works
6. rehyras he remembers

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2. paruy of the foot 6. ratio radio 10. saramuy of the person
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4. il day 8. muruy of the water 12. ipalsa barber

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2. tanu ve 9. Oina to cut
3. kesoka to be cut 10. Oiba banana
4. kasu emaciation 11. nkoi lion
5. kunezulu heaven 12. aimola alms
6. zevo then 13. loloni to wash the house
7. zenga to cut 14. ima to stretch

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1. muumu home fried potatoes 4. kakaa used bicycle
2. kaka scrambled eggs 5. mumu garlic ice cream
3. wowo bikini swimsuit 6. woowoo banana split
Is vowel length phonemic? yes no.
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In your answer (one sentence should sufce), justify your choice:


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2. [puk] puck 6. [xroust] June bug
3. [xrxel] spittle 7. [kras] limestone region with caverns
4. [krkoun] cheapskate 8. [pux] stench
2 separate phonemes 2 allophones of one phoneme. Justify your decision:
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Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading


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Chapter 4
Key Terms
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6. no paiviOuq I want to drink
7. temt py wuklaviOuniq The sun is making him want to walk

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2. Oiki itch 22. aOiki my itch
3. haya husband 23. anhaya my husband
4. hepe cup 24. anhepe my cup
5. kawah horse 25. akawah my horse
6. k pi rewood 26. ak pi my rewood
7. meme buttery 27. ammeme my buttery
8. mesah table 28. ammesah my table
9. nc armadillo 29. annc my armadillo
10. nyi name 30. annyi my name
11. petkuy broom 31. ampetkuy my broom
12. piyu hen 32. ampiyu my hen
13. suskuy whistle 33. ansuskuy my whistle
14. suu cooking pot 34. ansuu my cooking pot
15. apun soap 35. aapun my soap
16. impa bamboo 36. aimpa my bamboo
17. tk house 37. antk my house
18. tyaka chick 38. atyaka my chick
19. wOomo wife 39. awOomo my wife
20. yemkuy fan 40. ayemkuy my fan
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2. matua he is old 9. matutua they are old
3. malosi he is strong 10. malolosi they are strong
4. punou he bends 11. punonou they bend
5. atamaki he is wise 12. atamamaki they are wise
6. savali he travels 13. pepese they sing
7. laga he weaves
Given the preceding data, what Samoan words would you expect for the following:
he sings __________ , they weave ________________ , they travel ________________?

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Chapter 7
Key Terms
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Questions for Discussion


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*yeug- to join, to yoke, *gwou- cow, ox, *weik- village, *owi- ewe, sheep, *ekwo- horse,
*dem- house(hold), and *dhwer- door(way). What conclusions can one draw from these
Proto-Indo-European words about the livelihood of members of old Indo-European society?

Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading


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phemes (for example, in the Latin amGs you love, the ending -Gs represents present tense,
active voice, second-person singular, and indicative mood).
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BTJOHMFBODFTUSBMMBOHVBHF
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DPODFQUJPOPGUIFOBUVSFBOEGVODUJPOPGMBOHVBHF
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TJPO
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UJUBUJWFTUVEZPGMFYJDBMJUFNT
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TQFBLJOHEJGGFSFOUOBUJWFMBOHVBHFT
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-JOHVJTUJDDPNQFUFODF 5IFLOPXMFEHFPGUIFHSBNNBUJDBMSVMFTPGPOFTNPUIFSUPOHVF
-JOHVJTUJDEFUFSNJOJTN 5IFBTTVNQUJPOUIBUUIFXBZJOEJWJEVBMTUIJOLJTEFUFSNJOFEUP
BTJHOJGJDBOUEFHSFFCZUIFMBOHVBHFUIFZTQFBL
GLOSSARY 383

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UVSF TUSVDUVSF BOEDIBOHFTPWFSUJNF
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CPSSPXJOHMBOHVBHF GPSFYBNQMFJO&OHMJTI LJOEFSHBSUFO TQBHIFUUJ BOE SPVHF GSPN
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/FXFUIOPHSBQIZ 4FFFUIOPTDJFODF
/POWFSCBMDPNNVOJDBUJPO 5SBOTNJTTJPOPGNFTTBHFTCZNFBOTPUIFSUIBOTQFFDIPSXSJU
JOH GPSFYBNQMF CZNFBOTPGQJDUPSJBMTJHOT

/PSNTPGJOUFSQSFUBUJPO 5IFBDDFQUBCMFCPVOEBSJFTXJUIJOXIJDIDPNNVOJDBUJWFBDUJW
JUZJTUPCFVOEFSTUPPEPSFYQMBJOFE
0MGBDUPSZDIBOOFM "NFBOTPGDPNNVOJDBUJPOVUJMJ[JOHUIFTFOTFPGTNFMM GPSFYBNQMF
CBLJOHDPPLJFTPSCSFBECFGPSFQFPQMFDPNFUPMPPLBUBIPVTFGPSQPTTJCMFQVSDIBTF

0QUJDBMDIBOOFM "NFBOTPGDPNNVOJDBUJPOVUJMJ[JOHUIFTFOTFPGWJTJPO GPSFYBNQMF
XSJUJOHPSSPBETJHOT

1BSBMBOHVBHF 'FBUVSFTPGWPDBMDPNNVOJDBUJPOUIBUBSFDPOTJEFSFENBSHJOBMPSPQUJPOBM
TVDIBTWBSJBUJPOTJOUFNQP JOUFOTJUZ PSQJUDI
1BSBMJOHVJTUJDT 5IFTUVEZPGQBSBMBOHVBHF
384 GLOSSARY

1BSUJDJQBOUPCTFSWBUJPO 5IFJNNFSTJPOPGBOUISPQPMPHJDBMGJFMEXPSLFSTJOUIFEBZUP
EBZBDUJWJUJFTPGUIFQFPQMFUIFZBSFTUVEZJOH VTVBMMZGPSBOFYUFOEFEQFSJPE
1BTTJWF SFDFQUJWF
CJMJOHVBM "QFSTPOXIPVOEFSTUBOETBTFDPOEMBOHVBHFCVUJTVOBCMF
UPTQFBLJU
1IBUJDDPNNVOJDBUJPO "TQFFDIVTFEGPSTPDJBMBOEFNPUJWFQVSQPTFTSBUIFSUIBOGPS
USBOTNJUUJOHJOGPSNBUJPO
1IFSPNPOF 4QFDJFTTQFDJGJDTVCTUBODFTFDSFUFECZBOJNBMTBOEVTFEBTBTUJNVMVTUPPUI
FSTPGUIFTBNFTQFDJFT
1IPOF 5IFTNBMMFTUQFSDFQUJCMFEJTDSFUFTFHNFOUPGTQFFDI DPOTJEFSFEBTBQIZTJDBMFWFOU
1IPOFNF 5IFTNBMMFTUEJTUJODUJWFTPVOEVOJUPGBMBOHVBHF GPSFYBNQMF UIFJOJUJBMDPO
TPOBOUTPGUIFXPSETCBU QBU WBU GBU BOETBU BSFGJWFEJGGFSFOUQIPOFNFTPG&OHMJTI

1IPOFNJD USBOTDSJQUJPO
5IFSFQSFTFOUBUJPOPGEJTUJODUJWFTQFFDITPVOETCZNFBOTPG
QIPOFNJDTZNCPMT
1IPOFUJD 3FQSFTFOUJOHJOTPNFEFUBJMUIFOBUVSFPGTQFFDITPVOETCZUIFTQFDJBMTZNCPMT
PGBQIPOFUJDBMQIBCFU
1IPOFUJD USBOTDSJQUJPO
5IFEFUBJMFESFQSFTFOUBUJPOTPGTQFFDITPVOETCZVTFPGUIFTZN
CPMTPGBQIPOFUJDBMQIBCFU
1IPOPMPHZ 5IFTUVEZBOEEFTDSJQUJPOPGUIFTPVOETZTUFNPGBMBOHVBHF
1IZMVN -BOHVBHFHSPVQTSFMBUFENPSFSFNPUFMZUIBOMBOHVBHFTDMBTTJGJFEBTCFMPOHJOHUP
BMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ
1IZTJDBM PSCJPMPHJDBM
BOUISPQPMPHZ 5IFTVCGJFMEPGBOUISPQPMPHZDPODFSOFEXJUIUIF
TUVEZPGIVNBOFWPMVUJPOBOEQIZTJDBMWBSJBUJPO
1JEHJO "GPSNPGTQPLFODPNNVOJDBUJPOXJUIBHSFBUMZSFEVDFEHSBNNBUJDBMTUSVDUVSF
BOEMJNJUFEWPDBCVMBSZUIBUJTVTFECZTQFBLFSTPGNVUVBMMZVOJOUFMMJHJCMFMBOHVBHFTUP
DPNNVOJDBUFXJUIFBDIPUIFS BQJEHJOJTOPUUIFOBUJWFMBOHVBHFPGBOZTQFBLFS

1JEHJOJ[BUJPO 5IFQSPDFTTPGHSBNNBUJDBMBOEMFYJDBMSFEVDUJPOPGBMBOHVBHFUPBQJEHJO
1JUDI UPOF
5IFEJTUJODUJWFQJUDIMFWFM UPOBMIFJHIU
PGBTZMMBCMFJUJTBSFMBUJWFGFBUVSF
UPOFTPGXPNFOTWPJDFTBSFUZQJDBMMZIJHIFSUIBONFOT
1PMZHFOFTJT PGBMBOHVBHF
5IFUIFPSZUIBUUSBJUTSFRVJTJUFGPSUIFEFWFMPQNFOUPGMBO
HVBHFPSJHJOBUFEJOTFQBSBUFQMBDFTBOEBUEJGGFSFOUUJNFT
1PMZHMPU "QFSTPOXIPTQFBLTTFWFSBMMBOHVBHFT
1PMZTFNZ 5IFSBOHFPGEJGGFSFOUNFBOJOHTJOPOFXPSE GPSFYBNQMF UIFWBSJPVTNFBOJOHT
PGUIFXPSETFBU

1PMZTZOUIFUJDMBOHVBHFT -BOHVBHFTJOXIJDIXPSETBSFMPOHBOENPSQIPMPHJDBMMZDPNQMFY
GPSFYBNQMF JOUIFBCPSJHJOBM"VTUSBMJBOMBOHVBHF5JXJUIFTFOUFODFi*LFQUPOFBUJOHw
JTFYQSFTTFECZUIFXPSEOHJSSVVOUIJOHBQVLBOJ <UIFIZQIFOTJOEJDBUFNPSQIFNF
CPVOEBSJFT>

1SFGJY "OBGGJYUIBUJTBEEFEBUUIFCFHJOOJOHPGBSPPUPSTUFN GPSFYBNQMF UIFJOJUJBM
NPSQIFNFTJOUIFXPSETSFXSJUF VOEP BOEEJTBMMPX

1SFMBOHVBHF "OZPGUIFTUBHFTJOUIFEFWFMPQNFOUPGTQFFDIUIBUQSFDFEFTGVMMGMFEHFE
MBOHVBHF
1SJNBSZTJHOMBOHVBHF "TJHOMBOHVBHFVTFEUPUIFFYDMVTJPOPGTQPLFOMBOHVBHF GPSFY
BNQMF CZQFPQMFCPSOEFBG
1SPDFTTNPSQIFNF "DIBOHFPGBTPVOEPSTPVOET GPSFYBNQMF GSPNHPPTF UPUIFQMVSBM
HFFTF
SBUIFSUIBOUIFBEEJUJPOPGBNPSQIFNF BTJOUIFQMVSBMDBUTGSPN DBU

1SPTPEJDGFBUVSFT 'FBUVSFTPUIFSUIBOWPXFMTBOEDPOTPOBOUTUIBUBSFFTTFOUJBMGPSBOVU
UFSBODFUPTPVOEOBUVSBMBOEUPCFGVMMZNFBOJOHGVM GPSFYBNQMF TUSFTTBOEJOUPOBUJPO

GLOSSARY 385

1SPUPDVMUVSF "OBTTVNFEPSSFDPOTUSVDUFEQSFIJTUPSJDDVMUVSFPGBQFPQMF
1SPUP*OEP&VSPQFBO 5IFBTTVNFEPSSFDPOTUSVDUFEBODFTUSBMMBOHVBHFPGBMMUIFMBO
HVBHFTCFMPOHJOHUPUIF*OEP&VSPQFBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ
1SPUPMBOHVBHF "OBTTVNFEPSSFDPOTUSVDUFEBODFTUSBMGPSNPGBMBOHVBHFCSBODIPSMBO
HVBHFGBNJMZ
1SPUPXPSE "OBTTVNFEPSSFDPOTUSVDUFEBODFTUSBMXPSEPGDPHOBUFXPSETGPVOEJOUIF
MBOHVBHFTPGBMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ
1SPYFNJDT 5IFTUVEZPGUIFDVMUVSBMQBUUFSOJOHPGUIFTQBUJBMTFQBSBUJPOJOEJWJEVBMTOBUV
SBMMZNBJOUBJOJOGBDFUPGBDFFODPVOUFST
1SPYFNJD[POF 5IFSFMBUJWFEJTUBODFPGJOUFSQFSTPOBMTQBDF SBOHJOHGSPNJOUJNBUFUPQVC
MJD UIBUNFNCFSTPGTPDJFUJFTUFOEUPPCTFSWFJOGBDFUPGBDFFODPVOUFST
1ZHNZDIJNQBO[FF PSCPOPCP
"OFOEBOHFSFETQFDJFTPGDIJNQBO[FFTUIBUBSFNPSF
JOUFMMJHFOUBOETPDJBCMFUIBOUIFTQFDJFTPGDPNNPODIJNQBO[FFT
3BDF TPDBMMFE
*ONPEFSOBOUISPQPMPHZBEJTDSFEJUFEUFSNSFGFSSJOHUPBQPQVMBUJPOUIBU
TIBSFTBOVNCFSPGQIZTJDBMUSBJUT
3FDPOTUSVDUJPO 5IFCVJMEJOHVQPSSFDSFBUJOHPGTPNFUIJOHPOUIFCBTJTPGBWBJMBCMFFW
JEFODF GPSFYBNQMF PGBOFYUJODUMBOHVBHFPSDVMUVSF

3FEVQMJDBUJPO 5IFSFQFUJUJPOPGTQFFDITPVOETNBSLJOHBHSBNNBUJDBMGVODUJPO GPSFY
BNQMF JOUIF5BHBMPHXPSE EBEBMBXAPOMZUXPGSPN EBMBX AUXP
 &OHMJTIIBTPOMZ
TPNFSFEVQMJDBUJWFDPNQPVOEXPSET TVDIBTHPPEZHPPEZ BOEXJTIZXBTIZ

3FGFSFOU "OZUIJOHSFGFSSFEUPCZBXPSE
3FGMFYJWFOPJTFT #BTJDCJPMPHJDBMOPJTFTPGBOJOGBOU TVDIBTCVSQJOH DPVHIJOH BOEDSZJOH
3FTUSJDUFEDPEF "SFMBUJWFMZJOGPSNBMWBSJFUZPGMBOHVBHFXJUIBSFEVDFETUZMJTUJDBOEHSBN
NBUJDBMSBOHF
3PPU "CBTFGPSNPGBXPSEUIBUDBOOPUCFGVSUIFSTVCEJWJEFE PSBCBTJDNPSQIFNF GPS
FYBNQMF UFBDI USFF CMVF OBTU<JOOBTUZ> BOEDFJWF <JODPODFJWF SFDFJWF FUD>

3VMFTPGJOUFSBDUJPO 5IFLOPXMFEHFPGNFNCFSTPGBTQFFDIDPNNVOJUZBTUPXIBUJTBOE
XIBUJTOPUBQQSPQSJBUFJODPNNVOJDBUJPO
4BQJS8IPSGIZQPUIFTJT "UIFPSZPGUIFSFMBUJPOTIJQCFUXFFOMBOHVBHFBOEUIPVHIUBMTP
LOPXOBTUIFIZQPUIFTJTPGMJOHVJTUJDSFMBUJWJUZUIFCFMJFGUIBUMBOHVBHFEFUFSNJOFTUIF
XBZTQFBLFSTQFSDFJWFUIFXPSMEBSPVOEUIFN
4FNBOUJDEJGGFSFOUJBM "UFDIOJRVFUPNFBTVSFUIFBGGFDUJWFSFBDUJPOPGTQFBLFSTPGBMBO
HVBHFUPXPSET MFYJDBMJUFNT

4FNBOUJDT 5IFTUVEZPGNFBOJOHJOMBOHVBHF
4FNJPUJDT 5IFTUVEZPGUIFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGTJHOBMJOHTZTUFNT UIBUJT PGTJHOTBOEUIFJS
VTF

4FRVFOUJBMCJMJOHVBMJTN 5IFBCJMJUZUPTQFBLUXPMBOHVBHFT BDRVJSFEJOTVDDFTTJPO
4FYVBMCJBT JOMBOHVBHF
5IPTFVTBHFTJOBMBOHVBHFUIBUGBWPSPOFHFOEFSPWFSBOPUIFS
GPSFYBNQMF UPVTFUIFQPTTFTTJWFBEKFDUJWF IJT UPJODMVEFCPUINFOBOEXPNFOJOUIF
TFOUFODFi&BDIESJWFSPOQVCMJDSPBETNVTUDBSSZIJTESJWFSTMJDFOTFw

4JHOMBOHVBHF "TZTUFNPGIBOEHFTUVSFTVTFEBTBOBMUFSOBUJWFUPTQFFDI GPSFYBNQMF CZ
UIFEFBG

4JNVMUBOFPVTCJMJOHVBMJTN 5IFBCJMJUZUPTQFBLUXPMBOHVBHFT BDRVJSFEBUUIFTBNFUJNF
4PDJBMJOTFDUT 4QFDJFTPGJOTFDUTUIBUMJWFJODPMPOJFTXJUIPUIFSTPGUIFTBNFTQFDJFT
4PDJBMJ[BUJPO JOBOUISPQPMPHZ
5IFQSPDFTTCZXIJDIJOGBOUTBSFUBVHIUUIFBTQFDUTPG
UIFJSTPDJFUZTDVMUVSFUIFZOFFEUPLOPXUPGVODUJPOBTBEVMUT
4PDJBMOFUXPSL "MMUIPTFQFPQMFXJUIXIPNBOJOEJWJEVBMSFHVMBSMZJOUFSBDUT
386 GLOSSARY

4PDJBMQPXFSUIFPSZ DPODFSOJOHUIFMBOHVBHFBOEHFOEFSSFMBUJPOTIJQ
5IFWJFXUIBU
UIFEJGGFSFODFTGPVOECFUXFFONFOTBOEXPNFOTTQFFDISFGMFDUUIFEJGGFSFOUEFHSFFTPG
QPXFSPSTUBUVTFBDIHFOEFSIPMETJOTPDJFUZ
4PDJFUZ "DPPQFSBUJOHTPDJBMHSPVQ XJEFMZSBOHJOHJOTJ[F XIPTFNFNCFSTIBWFEFWFM
PQFEPWFSUJNFDPNNPOUSBEJUJPOT JOTUJUVUJPOT BOECSPBEJOUFSFTUT
4PDJPDVMUVSBM *OWPMWJOHBDPNCJOBUJPOPGDVMUVSBMBOETPDJBMGBDUPST
4PDJPMJOHVJTUJDDIBOHF -JOHVJTUJDDIBOHFWJFXFEJOUIFDPOUFYUPGUIFTPDJFUZPSDPNNV
OJUZJOXIJDIJUUBLFTQMBDF
4PDJPMJOHVJTUJDT 5IFCSBODIPGMJOHVJTUJDTDPODFSOFEXJUIUIFWBSJPVTBTQFDUTPGUIFSFMB
UJPOTIJQCFUXFFOTPDJFUZBOEMBOHVBHFUIFTUVEZPGXBZTJOXIJDIBOJOEJWJEVBMTTQFFDI
DPOWFZTTPDJBMJOGPSNBUJPO
4PVOEDIBOHF "DIBOHFJOUIFTPVOETZTUFNPGBMBOHVBHFPWFSBQFSJPEPGUJNF GPSFY
BNQMF UIFDIBOHFGSPN0ME&OHMJTI TUGO UP.PEFSO&OHMJTI TUPOF

4PVOEMBX 5IFEFTDSJQUJPOPGBSFHVMBSTFSJFTPGDIBOHFTJOBMBOHVBHFTTPVOETZTUFNPWFS
BQFSJPEPGUJNF
4PVOETZNCPMJTN "OBTTPDJBUJPOCFUXFFOGPSN TPVOE
BOENFBOJOHJOBMBOHVBHF
4QFFDIBDU 5IFNJOJNVNVOJUPGTQFFDI GPSFYBNQMF BHSFFUJOH BOBQPMPHZ PSBTFMG
JOUSPEVDUJPO

4QFFDIBQQBSBUVT 5IFWBSJPVTQBSUTPGUIFIVNBOCPEZCFUXFFOUIFMBSZOYBOEUIFMJQT
XIFSF TQFFDI TPVOET BSF QSPEVDFE BMTP SFGFSSFE UP BT WPDBM PSHBOT PS PSHBOT PG
TQFFDI
4QFFDIBSFB "OBSFBJOXIJDITQFBLFSTPGEJGGFSFOUMBOHVBHFTTIBSFTQFBLJOHSVMFT
4QFFDIDPNNVOJUZ "MMUIPTFXIPTIBSFBMBOHVBHFWBSJFUZBTXFMMBTTQFDJGJDSVMFTGPS
TQFBLJOHBOEJOUFSQSFUJOHTQFFDI
4QFFDIFWFOU "CBTJDVOJUPGWFSCBMJOUFSBDUJPO GPSFYBNQMF BOJOUFSWJFX BUFMFQIPOFJO
RVJSZ PSBOBSHVNFOUXJUIBTBMFTQFSTPO

4QFFDITJUVBUJPO 5IFDPOUFYUJOXIJDITQFBLJOHUBLFTQMBDF GPSFYBNQMF BGJTIJOHUSJQ
GBNJMZNFBM PSCFFSQBSUZ

4UBOEBSE 5IFQSFTUJHFWBSJFUZPGBMBOHVBHFVTFECZBTQFFDIDPNNVOJUZVOEFSVTVBMMZ
GPSNBMDJSDVNTUBODFTBWBSJFUZPGBMBOHVBHFVTFECZUIFFEVDBUFE
4UFN "TJOHMFSPPUNPSQIFNF CJSE
PSBDPNQPVOEXPSE CMBDLCJSE
UIFQBSUPGBOJO
GMFDUFEXPSEUIBUSFNBJOTBGUFSUIFBGGJYIBTCFFOSFNPWFE GPSFYBNQMF XJEUI JTUIF
TUFNPGXJEUIT

4USFTT 5IFEFHSFFPGGPSDF PSQSPNJOFODF BTTPDJBUFEXJUIBTZMMBCMFPGTQFFDI
4USVDUVSBM BQQSPBDI
*OMJOHVJTUJDT BOBQQSPBDIBUUFNQUJOHUPEFTDSJCFUIFVOJUTPGB
MBOHVBHFBOEUIFJSDPNCJOBUJPOTJOUFSNTPGTUSVDUVSFBOETZTUFN
4UZMF "TJUVBUJPOBMEJTUJODUJWFVTFPGMBOHVBHFJOXSJUJOHPSTQFFDI "OVNCFSPGTUZMFT
BSFEJTUJOHVJTIFE SBOHJOHGSPNQPNQPVTUPJOUJNBUF

4VCDVMUVSFUIFPSZ DPODFSOJOHUIFMBOHVBHFBOEHFOEFSSFMBUJPOTIJQ
5IFWJFXUIBU
UIFEJGGFSFODFTPGXPNFOTMBOHVBHFGSPNUIBUPGNFONBZCFEVFUPBEJTUJODUXPNFOT
TVCDVMUVSFJOBNBMFEPNJOBUFETPDJFUZ
4VGGJY "OBGGJYBEEFEBGUFSBSPPUPSTUFNPGBXPSE GPSFYBNQMF UIFGJOBMNPSQIFNFJO
UIFXPSET IPSTFT TXJNT PSXBMLFE

4VQQMFUJPO 5IFPDDVSSFODFPGQIPOFNJDBMMZVOSFMBUFEBMMPNPSQITPGBNPSQIFNF
4VQQMFUJWFGPSN "MJOHVJTUJDGPSNDIBSBDUFSJ[FECZTVQQMFUJPO BTJOUIFTVQFSMBUJWFGPSN
CFTUGSPNHPPE

4ZMMBCBSZ "TFUPGHSBQIJDTZNCPMTFBDIPGXIJDISFQSFTFOUTBTZMMBCMFPGBMBOHVBHF
GLOSSARY 387

4ZMMBCMF "VOJUPGTQFFDIDPOTJTUJOHPGBDPOTPOBOU PSDPOTPOBOUT


BOEFJUIFSBWPXFM PS
WPXFMT
PSBTZMMBCJDDPOTPOBOU
4ZNCPM 4PNFUIJOHSFQSFTFOUJOHTPNFUIJOHFMTFCZWJSUVFPGDPOWFOUJPO SFTFNCMBODF PS
BTTPDJBUJPO
4ZODISPOJD BQQSPBDI
%FBMJOHXJUIMJOHVJTUJDQIFOPNFOBBTUIFZFYJTUBUBTQFDJGJDQPJOU
JOUJNF UIBUJT XJUIPVUSFHBSEGPSIJTUPSJDBMBOUFDFEFOUT

4ZOFTUIFTJB "DPOEJUJPOJOXIJDIBQBSUJDVMBSTUJNVMBUJPOPGPOFTFOTFFWPLFTUIFTUJNV
MBUJPOPGBOPUIFSTFOTF
4ZOPOZN "XPSEUIBUIBTUIFTBNFPSOFBSMZUIFTBNFNFBOJOHBTBOPUIFSXPSE PS
XPSET
JOBMBOHVBHF
4ZOUBY 5SBEJUJPOBMMZ UIFNBOOFSJOXIJDIXPSETPGBMBOHVBHFBSFTUSVOHUPHFUIFSJOUP
TFOUFODFTJOUSBOTGPSNBUJPOBMHSBNNBS UIFTUVEZPGTFOUFODFTUSVDUVSFBOEUIFSFMB
UJPOTBNPOHTFOUFODFDPNQPOFOUT
5BDUJMFDIBOOFM "NFBOTPGDPNNVOJDBUJPOVUJMJ[JOHUIFTFOTFPGUPVDI GPSFYBNQMF LJTT
JOHPSQBUUJOH

5BHRVFTUJPO "RVFTUJPOBUUBDIFEUPBTUBUFNFOUUPPCUBJOUIFBTTFOUPGUIFQFSTPOTQPLFO
UP GPSFYBNQMF i*UTBCFBVUJGVMNPSOJOH JTOUJU w

5BYPOPNZ "QSJODJQMFEDMBTTJGJDBUJPOJOUPHSPVQTBOETVCHSPVQT
5PL 1JTJO "O &OHMJTICBTFE DSFPMF TFSWJOH BT UIF OBUJPOBM MBOHVBHF PG 1BQVB /FX
(VJOFB
5SBOTGPSNBUJPO "EEJOH EFMFUJOH PSPUIFSXJTFDIBOHJOHFMFNFOUTPGPOFMJOHVJTUJDTUSVD
UVSFUPQSPEVDFBOPUIFSPOF
5SBOTGPSNBUJPOBMHSBNNBS "HSBNNBUJDBMBOBMZTJTVTJOHMJOHVJTUJDPQFSBUJPOT USBOT
GPSNBUJPOT
UIBUTIPXBDPSSFTQPOEFODFCFUXFFOUXPTUSVDUVSFT
5SBOTGPSNBUJPOBMSVMF 5IFHFOFSBMTUBUFNFOUEFTDSJCJOHBUSBOTGPSNBUJPO
5SJMJOHVBMJTN 5IFBCJMJUZUPTQFBLUISFFMBOHVBHFT
6OJWFSTBMJTN 5IFCFMJFGUIBUHFOFSBMQSJODJQMFTVOEFSMJFUIFTUSVDUVSFPGBMMMBOHVBHFT BOE
DVMUVSFT

6QQFS1BMFPMJUIJDQFSJPE 5IFNPTUSFDFOUQFSJPEPGUIF0ME4UPOF"HFDIBSBDUFSJ[FECZ
BOFYQMPTJPOPGDSFBUJWFDVMUVSBMBDUJWJUZ SPVHIMZGSPN UP #$

7FSOBDVMBS 5IFDBTVBMTQPLFOGPSNPGBMBOHVBHFPSEJBMFDU
7PDBMBVEJUPSZDIBOOFM "NFBOTPGDPNNVOJDBUJPOVUJMJ[JOHTPVOETUIBUBSFTQPLFOBOE
IFBSE
7PDBMQMBZ 5IFFYUFOTJWFQSPEVDUJPOCZBCBCZPGTPVOETSFTFNCMJOHUIFWPXFMTBOEDPO
TPOBOUTPGJUTNPUIFSUPOHVF
7PDBMUSBDU 5IFBSFBPGUIFIVNBOCPEZXIFSFTQFFDITPVOETBSFQSPEVDFE
7PDBM WPJDF
TFHSFHBUFT &YUSBMJOHVJTUJDTPVOETVTFEJOFYQSFTTJOHDPODFSO FYDJUFNFOU
EJTBQQSPWBM BOEPUIFSBUUJUVEFTPSGFFMJOHT
7PJDFDIBSBDUFSJ[FST .PEJGJDBUJPOTPGUIFTQFBLJOHWPJDFUIBUPDDVSXIFOPOFUBMLTXIJMF
MBVHIJOH ZBXOJOH DSZJOH FUD
7PJDFETPVOE "TQFFDITPVOEQSPEVDFEXIJMFUIFWPDBMDPSETBSFWJCSBUJOH GPSFYBNQMF
C E H

7PJDFMFTTTPVOE "TQFFDITPVOEQSPEVDFEXJUIPVUWJCSBUJPOPGUIFWPDBMDPSET GPSFY
BNQMF Q U L

7PJDFRVBMJGJFST 4VDINBSHJOBMGFBUVSFTPGWPDBMDPNNVOJDBUJPOBTUFNQPBOEJOUFOTJUZ
7PXFM 1IPOFUJDBMMZ BTQFFDITPVOEBSUJDVMBUFEXJUIOPTJHOJGJDBOUDPOTUSJDUJPOJOUIF
CSFBUIDIBOOFM
388 GLOSSARY

7PXFMIBSNPOZ "UZQFPGBTTJNJMBUJPOJOXIJDIWPXFMTDPNFUPTIBSFDFSUBJOGFBUVSFTXJUI
PUIFSWPXFMTFMTFXIFSFJOUIFXPSEPSQISBTF
8FSOJDLFTBSFB "OBSFBPGUIFCSBJOJOUIFVQQFSQBSUPGUIFUFNQPSBMMPCFBTTPDJBUFEXJUI
UIFDPNQSFIFOTJPOPGMBOHVBHF
8IJTUMFiMBOHVBHFw PSXIJTUMFTQFFDI
$PNNVOJDBUJPOCZNFBOTPGXIJTUMJOH
8IPSG JBO
IZQPUIFTJT 5IFBTTVNQUJPOUIBUTUSVDUVSBMEJGGFSFODFTBNPOHMBOHVBHFTBSF
SFGMFDUFEJOUIFEJGGFSJOHXPSMEWJFXTPGUIFJSTQFBLFST
8PSEPSEFS 5IFBSSBOHFNFOUPGXPSETJOBQISBTFPSBTFOUFODF
8PSEUBCPP "QSPIJCJUJPOBHBJOTUVUUFSJOHBQBSUJDVMBSXPSEPSOBNF
BIBLIOGRAPHY

"EHFS %BWJE
 $PSFTZOUBYBNJOJNBMJTUBQQSPBDI/FX:PSL0YGPSE6OJWFSTJUZ1SFTT
"HBS .JDIBFM
 -BOHVBHFTIPDLVOEFSTUBOEJOHUIFDVMUVSFPGDPOWFSTBUJPO/FX:PSL8JMMJBN
.PSSPX
"LNBKJBO "ESJBO 3JDIBSE"%FNFST "OO,'BSNFS BOE3PCFSU.)BSOJTI
 -JOHVJTUJDTBOJOUSPEVDUJPOUPMBOHVBHFBOEDPNNVOJDBUJPOUIFE$BNCSJEHF
.".*51SFTT
"MCFSU 3PTJUB%BTLBM
 $PNNVOJDBUJPO BOE BUUSJCVUJPOBM EJGGFSFODFT CFUXFFO )JTQBOJDT BOE "OHMP
"NFSJDBOT*O*OUFSFUIOJDDPNNVOJDBUJPODVSSFOUSFTFBSDI WPM :PVOH:VO
,JN FE QQo/FXCVSZ1BSL $"4BHF
"NFSJDBO"OUISPQPMPHJDBM"TTPDJBUJPO
 1SPGFTTJPOBMFUIJDTTUBUFNFOUTBOEQSPDFEVSFTPGUIF"NFSJDBO"OUISPQPMPHJDBM
"TTPDJBUJPO8BTIJOHUPO %$"NFSJDBO"OUISPQPMPHJDBM"TTPDJBUJPO
 "NFSJDBO)FSJUBHF%JDUJPOBSZPGUIF&OHMJTI-BOHVBHFEFE#PTUPO)PVHIUPO
.JGGMJO
"OUIPOZ %BWJE
 5IFIPSTF UIFXIFFM BOEMBOHVBHFIPX#SPO[FBHFSJEFSTGSPNUIF&VSBTJBO
TUFQQFTTIBQFEUIFNPEFSOXPSME 1SJODFUPO /+1SJODFUPO6OJWFSTJUZ1SFTT
"OUUJMB 3BJNP
 )JTUPSJDBMBOEDPNQBSBUJWFMJOHVJTUJDTEFE1IJMBEFMQIJB#FOKBNJOT
#BLIUJO .JLIBJM
 5IFEJBMPHJDJNBHJOBUJPOGPVSFTTBZT"VTUJO6OJWFSTJUZPG5FYBT1SFTT
#BRVFEBOP-QF[ 1BUSJDJB
 -JUFSBDZQSBDUJDFTBDSPTTMFBSOJOHDPOUFYUT*O "DPNQBOJPOUPMJOHVJTUJDBOUISP
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LANGUAGES MENTIONED IN THE TEXT

A N D T H E I R L O CAT I O N S

&VSPQF 9 French 18 Romanian


1 Albanian 10 German 19 Romansh
2 Basque 11 Greek 20 Russian
3 Catalan 12 Icelandic 21 Schwyzerttsch
4 Croatian 13 Italian (and Latin) 22 Serbian
5 Czech 14 Lapp (Sami) 23 Slovak
6 Dutch 15 Magyar (Hungarian) 24 Spanish
7 Estonian 16 Polish
8 Finnish 17 Portuguese

419
4PVUIXFTUFSO"TJBBOE 36 Kikuyu 49 Aztec
/PSUI"GSJDB 37 Kugbo 50 Caraya
25 Arabic 38 Luhya 51 Chontal
26 Armenian 39 Luo 52 Guarani
27 Persian 40 Nembe 53 Island Carib
28 Turkish 41 Odual 54 Isthmus Nahuat
42 Ogbia 55 Jamaican Creole
"GSJDB4PVUIPG 43 Swahili 56 Kuna
UIF4BIBSB 44 Twi 57 Mazateco
29 Abua 45 Vai 58 Nahuatl
30 Afrikaans 46 Yoruba 59 Otomi
31 Ashanti 60 Pirah
32 a Bantu language -BUJO"NFSJDBBOE 61 Sierra Popoluca
33 Ewe UIF$BSJCCFBO 62 (Tenejapa) Tzeltal
34 Kalabari 47 Aguaruna 63 Yucatec
35 Kamba 48 Araucanian 64 Zoque
&BTUBOE4PVUI"TJB 122 Malay "VTUSBMJBBOE0DFBOJB
107 Agta 123 Malayalam 137 Hawaiian Creole
108 Aklanon 124 Mandarin (Chinese) 138 Hiri Motu
109 Assamese 125 Marathi 139 Kaluli
110 Badaga 126 Mongolian 140 Kiriwinian
111 Bengali 127 Oriya 141 Maori
112 Bontok 128 Panjabi (Punjabi) 142 Neo-Melanesian
113 Cantonese 129 Subanun (Tok Pisin)
114 Gujarati 130 Sundanese 143 Ngandi
115 Hindi 131 Tagalog 144 Pintupi
116 Japanese 132 Tamil 145 Samoan
117 Javanese 133 Telugu 146 Tolai (Kuanua)
118 Kannada 134 Urdu
119 Kashmiri 135 Vietnamese
120 Korean 136 Yakan
121 Madurese (key continues)
/PSUI"NFSJDB/PSUI 73 Crow 85 Kwakiutl 97 Shoshone-
PG.FYJDP 74 Cupeo 86 Laguna Comanche
65 Acoma 75 Dakota 87 Luiseo 98 Takelma
66 Apache (and 76 Eskimo 88 Menomini 99 Tewa
Western Apache) 77 Fox 89 Mohawk 100 Tiwa
67 Arapaho 78 Gullah 90 Navajo 101 Tohono Oodham
68 Atsina (Gros 79 Hopi 91 Nootka (Papago)
Ventre) 80 Hupa 92 Ojibwa 102 Tunica
69 Blackfoot 81 Keres 93 Pawnee 103 Upper Chinook
70 Cahuilla 82 Kiowa 94 Penobscot-Abnaki 104 Wichita
71 Cheyenne 83 Kiowa Apache 95 Sarcee 105 Yana
72 Cree-Montagnais 84 Koasati 96 Shawnee 106 Zuni
Note: The locations are based on the map accompanying Comparative Studies of North American Indians by Harold
E. Driver and William C. Massey (1957).
INDEX

"DDFOU  "NFSJDBO4JHO-BOHVBHF "4-PS


"DPVTUJDDIBOOFM   o "NFTMBO
  
"DPVTUJDQIPOFUJDT  "NFSJOEMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
"DSPMFDU  "ODFTUSBMIPNFMBOE SFDPOTUSVDUJPOPG
"GSJDBO"NFSJDBO7FSOBDVMBS&OHMJTI o 
i#MBDL&OHMJTIUSJBM wo "OHMP"NFSJDBOT
EFTDSJQUJPOPG o MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPOBNPOH o
FYBNQMFPG CPY TUVEZPGDPNNVOJDBUJWFTUZMFPG 
HSBNNBUJDBMEJGGFSFODFT o "OHVMBSHZSVT   GJH
PSJHJOTPG o GJH "OPNJDBQIBTJB 
QSPOVODJBUJPOPG o "OTIFO 'SBOL 
TUJHNBUJ[BUJPOPG o  "OUISPQPMPHJDBMMJOHVJTUJDT4FF MJOHVJTUJD
"GSJDBO"NFSJDBOT TUVEZPG BOUISPQPMPHZ
DPNNVOJDBUJWFTUZMFPG o "OUISPQPMPHZ
"GSP"TJBUJDMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ    CSJFGIJTUPSZPG o
GJH EFGJOFE   o
"HBS .JDIBFM  TVCGJFMETPG 
"HHMVUJOBUJWFMBOHVBHFT  "OUPOZN o
"HUBMBOHVBHF  "OUT DPNNVOJDBUJWFCFIBWJPSPG o
"HVBSVOBMBOHVBHF  "QBDIF
"MHPORVJBO MBOHVBHFPG  
MBOHVBHFGBNJMZ    TJMFODFCFIBWJPSPG o
SFDPOTUSVDUJPOPGBODFTUSBMIPNFMBOE "QIBTJB o
o CPY GJH "SBCJD FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG
"MMPGBDU  GJH GJH
"MMPGPSN  "SBQBIP
"MMPNPSQI   EJDUJPOBSZ o
"MMPNPUJG o LJOTIJQUFSNT o GJH
"MMPQIPOF  MBOHVBHF o o 
"MUBJDMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  GJH MBOHVBHFNBJOUFOBODFQSPHSBN
"MUNBOO 4UVBSU"  o
"NB[POCBTJO MBOHVBHFTPG  NZUIT 
"NCSPOB 4QBJO BSDIBFPMPHJDBM "SBVDBOJBOT BUUJUVEFTUPXBSETQFBLJOH
FYDBWBUJPOTBU  

423
424 INDEX

"SUJDVMBUJPO o #JSET DPNNVOJDBUJWFCFIBWJPSPG 


"TIBOUJMBOHVBHF   #JSEXIJTUFMM 3BZ-  
"4- "NFSJDBO4JHO-BOHVBHF
   i#MBDL&OHMJTIUSJBM w"OO"SCPS
"TQFDU  .JDIJHBO o
"TTJNJMBUJPO  #MFOEJOH GJH CPY 
"UIBCBTLBOUSJCFT DPNNVOJDBUJPO 
CFUXFFO"NFSJDBOT$BOBEJBOTBOE #MPPNGJFME -FPOBSE  
o CPY #MVN.BSUJOF[ 3FCFDDB 
"UIBCBTLBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  #PBT 'SBO[    o 
"ULJOT #PXNBO,    
"UTJOB (SPT7FOUSF
MBOHVBHF o #PLBNCB &ZBNCB 
"VEJUPSZDPSUFY  GJH #PMJOHFS %XJHIU   
"VTUSBMPQJUIFDVTBGBSFOTJT  #POUPLMBOHVBHF 
"VTUSBMPQJUIFDVTBGSJDBOVT  #SBJO IVNBO
"VTUSPBTJBUJDMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ GJH EFWFMPQNFOUPG o
"VTUSPOFTJBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  GJH MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPOBOE oCPY
 
PSHBOJ[BUJPOPG o GJH
#BCCMJOH  TQFFDIQSPEVDUJPOBSFBTPG o
#BEBHBMBOHVBHF  #SB[JM MBOHVBHFTPG 
#BLIUJO .JLIBJM  #SJHIU 8JMMJBN 
#BOUVIJTUPSZ MJOHVJTUJDJOGFSFODFTBCPVU #SJUJTI4JHO-BOHVBHF #4-

CPY #SPDBTBQIBTJB 
#BSPO /BPNJ   #SPDBTBSFB  o GJH
#BTJMFDU  #4- #SJUJTI4JHO-BOHVBHF

#BTRVFMBOHVBHF  #VSFBVPG "NFSJDBO
&UIOPMPHZ 
#BTTP ,FJUI) o   #VSMJOH 3PCCJOT 
#FFSUFSNJOPMPHZ o
#FIBWJPSJTN   $BEEPBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
#FIBWJPSJTUUIFPSZ MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPO $BNQCFMM -ZMF 
BOE o $BOBEB MJOHVJTUJDEJGGFSFODFTJO o
#FOHBMJ FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG $BSBZBMBOHVBHF 
GJH $BSJCEJBMFDU 
#FSMJO #SFOU  o $BSSPMM +PIO#   CPY
#FSMJO,BZ DPMPSUFSNJOPMPHZTUVEZCZ $BSSPMM -FXJT 
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#FTOJFS /JLP  $BTFGPSNT 
#JDLFSUPO %FSFL  o $BTUFFEBEF/KFSB 1FESPEF 
#JMJOHVBMJTN $BUBMBOMBOHVBHF 
EFGJOFE  $BUFHPSJ[BUJPO o 
NJTDPODFQUJPOTBCPVU  $FSFCSVN 
TUBHFTPG o $FUBDFBOT DPNNVOJDBUJWFCFIBWJPSPG 
JO4XJU[FSMBOE  $IBNCFSMBJO "MFYBOEFS' 
4FFBMTP NVMUJMJOHVBMJTN $IBNCFST +, 
#JOBSZPQQPTJUJPOT o  $IBOOFMTPGDPNNVOJDBUJPO  UBCMF
#JPQSPHSBNIZQPUIFTJT   o   
INDEX 425

$IFSFNF  NFTTBHFGPSNBOEDPOUFOU 


$IJNQBO[FFT DPNNVOJDBUJWFCFIBWJPSPG OPSNTPGJOUFSQSFUBUJPO o
o QIBUJD 
$IJOB MFUUFSPGBQPMPHZUPBCPVUTQZ QIBUJDDPNNVOJPO 
QMBOFGJHIUFSDPMMJTJPO o SVMFTPGJOUFSBDUJPO 
$IJOFTF .BOEBSJO  UBCMF TUZMFTPG  o
$IJOFTFMBOHVBHFT GJH  4FFBMTP HFOEFS TQFFDIBOETQFFDI
$IJQFXZBOMBOHVBHF  $PNNVOJDBUJPO OPOWFSCBM
$IPNTLZ /PBN o  o DMBTTJGJDBUJPOPG o
 o  LJOFTJDT CPEZMBOHVBHF
o
$IPOUBMMBOHVBHF  QBSBMBOHVBHF o  
$MBTTF "OES  TJHOMBOHVBHF o
$PEF HFOFSBMMBOHVBHF  XIJTUMFTQFFDI o
$PEFNJYJOH o $PNQPOFOUJBMBOBMZTJT o
$PEFTXJUDIJOH o $PODFQU EFGJOFE o
$PFYUFOTJPO  $POOPUBUJPO 
$PHOBUF  o $POTPOBOUQIPOFNFTJO"NFSJDBO
$PHOJUJPO &OHMJTI UBCMF
DBUFHPSJ[BUJPOBOE o $POTPOBOUT BSUJDVMBUJPOPG UBCMF
EJHJUBMDPNNVOJDBUJPOBOE o UBCMF
MBOHVBHFBOE o  $POUFYUVBMJ[BUJPO 
$PHOJUJWFBOUISPQPMPHZ   $POUJOVJUZUIFPSZPGMBOHVBHFFWPMVUJPO
$PJOFEXPSET  
$PMPS $PSQVT TJ[FPG o
5IF .VOTFMM#PPLPG$PMPS  $PXBO (FPSHF. 
7JSUVBM"OUISPQPMPHZ$PMPS-BC $SFPMF EFGJOFE 
XFCTJUF  $SFPMJ[BUJPO o CPY
$PMPSUFSNJOPMPHZ $SJUJDBMQFSJPEDSJUJDBMBHFIZQPUIFTJT 
#FSMJO,BZTUVEZPG o $SP.BHOPOT  o  
-FOOFCFSH3PCFSUTTUVEZPG o $SVUUFOEFO "MBO 
$PNNVOJDBUJPODPNNVOJDBUJWF $SZTUBM %BWJE      
BNPOHOPOIVNBOQSJNBUFT o $VMUVSBMEFUFSNJOJTN o
BNPOHOPOIVNBOWFSUFCSBUFT  $VMUVSBMIJTUPSZ SFDPOTUSVDUJPOPG
BNPOHTPDJBMJOTFDUT o o
CFUXFFO"UIBCBTLBOUSJCFTBOE $[FDIT
"NFSJDBOT$BOBEJBOT o  BUUJUVEFUPXBSE$[FDIMBOHVBHF
CPY o
DIBOOFMTPG  UBCMF o  MJOHVJTUJDEJGGFSFODFTJO o
  SFMBUJPOTIJQXJUI4MPWBLT o
DPNQPOFOUTPG  o
EJHJUBM o %FDSFPMJ[BUJPO 
FUIOPHSBQIZPG o o %FFU[ +BNFT' 
FWPMVUJPOPGJOUPMBOHVBHF o %FOF$BVDBTJBONBDSPGBNJMZ 
GSBNFGSBNJOH o %FOPUBUJPO 
HFOSF o %FQBSUNFOUTUPSFFNQMPZFFT TUVEZPGJO
LFZ o /FX:PSL$JUZ o
426 INDEX

%FSJWBUJPO   EPVCUTBCPVU o


%FTJHOGFBUVSFT o  FMJDJUBUJPOGSBNFT 
%JBDISPOJDIJTUPSJDMJOHVJTUJDT  GPMLUBYPOPNJFT  
%JBMFDUT o  &UJDT o
%JHMPTTJB o  &WFSFUU %BOJFM o 
%JMMBSE +-  &WPMVUJPO IVNBO  GJH o
%JTDPOUJOVJUZUIFPSZPGMBOHVBHF &YPHBNZ 
FWPMVUJPO o
%JTDPVSTF  'BDUFNF  GJH
%JTQMBZT o 'FSHVTPO $IBSMFT 
%JTTJNJMBUJPO  'JFMEXPSL
%PMQIJOT DPNNVOJDBUJWFCFIBWJPSPG  DIBMMFOHFTPG 
%SBWJEJBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  GJH DIFDLMJTUGPS o
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%VBMJUZPGQBUUFSOJOH   JOGPSNBOUTDPOTVMUBOUT o
%VOEFT "MBO  QBSUJDJQBOUPCTFSWBUJPO o CPY
%VUDIMBOHVBHF   
UFDIOJRVFTGPS o
&CPOJDT   'JOOP6HSJDMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
&ISFU $ISJTUPQIFS  'JTDIFS +PIO- 
&MBCPSBUFEDPEF  'PMLUBYPOPNJFT  
&MJDJUBUJPOGSBNFT  'PSN JOBSDIBFPMPHZ

&MJDJUJOHEBUB o  'PSNFNF 
&MMJOHUPO %VLF  'PVUT 3PHFS 
&NFSHFODZSPPNDBTF BQQMJFEMJOHVJTUJDT 'SBLF $IBSMFT0    
BOE o 'SBNFGSBNJOH o
&NJDT o 'SBOL 'SBODJOF 
&OHMJTI 'SFODIMBOHVBHF
BTQFDUTPGXPSENFBOJOHJO o JO$BOBEB  o
CPY JOGMVFODFPO&OHMJTI 
DPSSFTQPOEFODFCFUXFFODPHOJUJPOBOE JO/PSUI"GSJDB 
HSBNNBUJDBMOVNCFSJO o BTPGGJDJBMTFNJPGGJDJBMMBOHVBHF GJH
FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG  
GJH BTiVOJWFSTBMwMBOHVBHF o
BTJOUFSOBUJPOBMMBOHVBHF o JO7JFUOBN 
o o  'SJFOET 4PDJFUZPG 2VBLFST
MBOHVBHFPG
MPBOXPSETJO o 
QIPOFNFTPG o 'SJTDI ,BSMWPO 
QPFNPOEJGGJDVMUZPG CPY
TFOUFODFTUSVDUVSFPG o (BM 4VTBO 
&TLJNPMBOHVBHF     (QFPQMF CJOBSZPQQPTJUJPOBOE
&TQFSBOUP   o
&UIOPQPFUJDT o (FOEFS
&UIOPTDJFODF EFGJOFE 
DPNQPOFOUJBMBOBMZTJT o JOMBOHVBHFT    o
EFGJOFE o  
INDEX 427

(FOEFS TQFFDIBOE )FBSJOHJNQBJSFEJOEJWJEVBMT VTFPGTJHO


JO"NFSJDBOTPDJFUZ o CPY MBOHVBHFCZ   
  )FBUI +FGGSFZ 
DPNNVOJDBUJPOTUSBUFHJFTBOE  )FEHFXPSET o 
JO/BUJWF"NFSJDBOTPDJFUJFT  )FMMFS .POJDB 
o )FSPEPUVT 
UIFPSJFTPG o )JMHFS *OF[ 
(FOEFSMFDU  )JMM +BOF) 
(FOFSBUJWFHSBNNBS  CPY )JOEJ
(FOSF PGTQFFDI
o FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG 
(FSNBOMBOHVBHF GJH
JO"VTUSJB   BTPGGJDJBMMBOHVBHFPG*OEJB o
FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG  )PDLFUU $IBSMFT'     
GJH )PJKFS )BSSZ 
HFOEFSJO  o )PNJOJET )PNJOJEBF
o 
JOGMVFODFPGPO&OHMJTI  )PNJOJ[BUJPO  
JO4XJU[FSMBOE   )PNJOPJET )PNJOPJEFB

(JHMJPMJ 1JFS1BPMP  )PNPFSFDUVT    o 
(JWO 5BMNZ   
(MPUUPDISPOPMPHZ o UBCMF )PNPIBCJMJT   
(PGGNBO &SWJOH   )PNPTBQJFOT     
(PPEFOPVHI 8BSE  )PNPTBQJFOTOFBOEFSUIBMFOTJT  
(PVME 4UFQIFO+BZ     
(SBNNBS )PNPOZNZ 
DIBOHFTJO  )POFZCFF "QJTNFMMJGFSB
DPNNVOJDBUJWF
VOJWFSTBM o CFIBWJPSPG o GJH
WBSJBUJPOTJO o )POPSJGJDT o
(SBWFT 5IFPEPSF  )PQJMBOHVBHF o 
(SFFLT BUUJUVEFTUPXBSEUBMLJOH  )VNBOT FWPMVUJPOPG  GJH
(SFFOCFSH +PTFQI) o o
(SFZNPSOJOH 4UFQIFO o )VNCPMEU 8JMIFMNWPO 
(VMMBIMBOHVBHF   )VQBUSJCF 
(VNQFS[ +PIO+   )ZNFT %FMM   o  
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)BBT .BSZ3  )ZQFSDPSSFDUJPO  
)BHF 1FS 
)BMF $POTUBODF  *DFMBOEJDMBOHVBHF MBDLPGMPBOXPSETJO
)BMF ,FOOFUI-   
)BMM &EXBSE5   *EJPMFDU o 
)BMMF .PSSJT  *ODMVTJPO 
)BOEFEOFTT  *OEJB MJOHVJTUJDEJGGFSFODFTJO 
)BQUJDCFIBWJPS  o
)BSSJT .BSWJO  *OEP&VSPQFBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  
)BVHFO &JOBS  GJH 
)BZFT $BUIFSJOF  *OEP1BDJGJDMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
)BZFT ,FJUI+  *OEPOFTJB MBOHVBHFTPG 
428 INDEX

*OGJY  ,FMMFS +BOFU%JYPO 


*OGMFDUJOHMBOHVBHFT  ,FMTLZ ,BSFO 
*OGMFDUJPO o ,FOZB OBUJPOBMJ[BUJPOPG4XBIJMJJO
*OGPSNBOUTDPOTVMUBOUT o o
*OOBUJTUUIFPSZ MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPOPG ,FOZBUUB +PNP 
o ,FSFTMBOHVBHF SFWJUBMJ[BUJPOPG CPY
*OTUJUVUFGPS1SJNBUF4UVEJFTBU6OJWFSTJUZ 
PG0LMBIPNB  ,FZ o
*OUFSBDUJPO SVMFTPG   ,IPJTBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
*OUFSMJOHVB  ,JOFNF 
*OUFSOBUJPOBM1IPOFUJD"MQIBCFU *1"
 ,JOFTJDT o 
 ,JOTIJQTZTUFNT DPNQBSJTPOPG"NFSJDBO
*OUFSOFU MBOHVBHFPG o BOE"SBQBIP GJH
*OUFSQSFUBUJPO OPSNTPG o ,JOTIJQUFSNJOPMPHZ o
*OUPOBUJPO o      ,JPXB*OEJBOT TJHOMBOHVBHFPG 
 ,JPXB5BOPBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
*SJBO+BZB MBOHVBHFTPG  ,JQBSTLZ 1BVM 
*SPRVPJBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  ,JSJXJOJBOMBOHVBHF 
*TIJHBLJ :PLP  ,PBTBUJMBOHVBHF 
*TUINVT/BIVBUMBOHVBHF  ,PLP HPSJMMB

,PSFBOMBOHVBHF GJH 
+BLPCTPO 3PNBO  ,SVT %BWJE 
+BNBJDB DSFPMFPG   ,VOBQFPQMF FUIOPQPFUJDEJTDPVSTF
+BQBO VTFPG&OHMJTICZXPNFOJO BNPOH o
o ,XBLJVUMMBOHVBHF  
+BQBOFTFMBOHVBHF
FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG  -B(VBSEJB 'JPSFMMP 
GJH -BCPW 8JMMJBN     
BTQFDUTPGXPSENFBOJOHJO o   
CPY -BJUNBO +FGGSFZ5 o
MPBOXPSETJO  o -BLPGG 3PCJO  o
+BWBOFTFMBOHVBHF  -BOHVBHF
+FBOOF -B7FSOF.BTBZFTWB  DIBOHFTJOIVNBODVMUVSFBOE 
+FGGFSTPO 5IPNBT  DPNQFUFODF 
+FTQFSTPO 0UUP  DVMUVSBMEFWFMPQNFOUBOE o
+POFT 8JMMJBN  EFTJHOGFBUVSFTPG o
+PPT .BSUJO  GBNJMJFT o    
+VODUVSFT JOTQFFDI  GJH  
HSBNNBUJDBMTUSVDUVSF o
,BMVMJQFPQMF MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPOBNPOH JEFPMPHZ EFGJOFE 
o *OUFSOFUBOE o
,BO[J DIJNQBO[FF
 NPEFSONZUITBCPVU 
,BSUWFMJBO 4PVUI$BVDBTJBO
MBOHVBHF OBUJPOBMJUZBOE o 
GBNJMZ  QFSGPSNBODF 
,BZ 1BVM o QIPOFNJDBOBMZTJTPG o
,FMMFS $IBSMFT  QIPOFNJDUSBOTDSJQUJPO  
INDEX 429

QIPOFUJDUSBOTDSJQUJPO o o -WJ4USBVTT $MBVEF 


 -FWJOTPO 4UFQIFO 
BTQSPEVDUPGFWPMVUJPO o -FYJDBMEJGGVTJPO 
QSPTPEJDGFBUVSFTPG o -FYJDPTUBUJTUJDT 
BTSFGMFDUJPOPGDVMUVSF o -JFCFSNBO 1IJMJQ 
BTSFGMFDUJPOPGJEFOUJUZ  -JOHVBGSBODB o
SFHJTUFS  -JOHVJTUJDBOUISPQPMPHZ
TUVEZPG o o CPY  BDDPNQMJTINFOUTPG CPY
VOJWFSTBMT  DPOUSBTUFEXJUIMJOHVJTUJDT CPY
XSJUJOHTZTUFN EFWFMPQJOH o o
-BOHVBHF BDRVJTJUJPOPG EFGJOFE 
CFIBWJPSJTUUIFPSZPG o FOEBOHFSFEMBOHVBHFTBOE o
JODIJMEIPPE o 
JOOBUJTUUIFPSZPG o FUIJDBMRVFTUJPOTBOE o
/PBN$IPNTLZPO CPY JOUFSDVMUVSBMDPNNVOJDBUJPOBOE
TPDJPDVMUVSBMUIFPSZPG o o
-BOHVBHF FTUJNBUJOHBHFPG MBOHVBHFQMBOOJOHBOE o
BOBUPNJDBMFWJEFODF o MFHBMMBOHVBHFBOE o o
MJOHVJTUJDDPOTJEFSBUJPOT o MJUFSBDZBOE o
QSFIJTUPSJDDMVFT o OFXDPNNVOJDBUJPOUFDIOPMPHJFTBOE
-BOHVBHFGJFME  o
-BOHVBHFJTPMBUFT  TUBOEBSETPGDPOEVDU o
-BOHVBHFQIZMVN  USBOTMBUJPOTBOE o
-BOHVBHFQMBOOJOH o XSJUJOHBOE o
-BOHVBHFQSFKVEJDF  -JOHVJTUJDEFUFSNJOJTN
-BOHVBHF3FTFBSDI$FOUFSPGUIF:FSLFT DPVOUFSBSHVNFOUTUP o
3FHJPOBM1SJNBUF3FTFBSDI$FOUFS EFGJOFE 
 FYQFSJNFOUBMGJOEJOHTBCPVU o
-BOHVBHFT -JOHVJTUJDQSPGJMJOH 
DIBOHFTJO o -JOHVJTUJDSFMBUJWJUZ
DMBTTJGJDBUJPOPG o  BMUFSOBUJWFTUP o
JODPOUBDU o o DPMPSUFSNJOPMPHZBOE o
EFBUIPG  DPVOUFSBSHVNFOUTUP o
FOEBOHFSFE o EFGJOFE o
HFOEFSJO    o  FYQFSJNFOUBMGJOEJOHTBCPVU o
 HFOEFSBOE o
NBJOUFOBODFPG o +PIO$BSSPMMPO CPY
SFDPOTUSVDUJPOPG o -JOHVJTUJDTFOTJUJ[BUJPO 
XPSME OVNCFSTPG  GJH  -JOHVJTUJDT
 DPOUSBTUFEXJUIMJOHVJTUJDBOUISPQPMPHZ
-BUJOMBOHVBHF o  o  CPY o
-BUJOPT TUVEZPGDPNNVOJDBUJPOTUZMFPG EFGJOFE o 
 -PBOXPSET o o o
-FOHUI PGTPVOE  
-FOOFCFSH &SJD)   -PVMJT DIJNQBO[FF

-FV %POBME  -VDZ +PIO o
430 INDEX

-VDZ DIJNQBO[FF
 .PUJG 
-VDZ IPNJOJETQFDJNFO
 .PUJGFNF o
.PUPSDPSUFY  GJH
.BMBZMBOHVBHF GJH .VMUJMJOHVBMJTN
.BMJODIF7PMDBOPDPNNVOJUJFT JOGMVFODF DPEFTXJUDIJOHDPEFNJYJOH o
PG4QBOJTIPOUSBEJUJPOBMMBOHVBHF EJHMPTTJB o 
o HMPCBM o
.BMJOPXTLJ #SPOJTMBX    TPDJBMBTQFDUTPG o
.BO NFBOJOHPG CPY TPDJPQPMJUJDBMVOJUTBOE o
.BSUIBT7JOFZBSE .BTTBDIVTFUUT JOUIF6OJUFE4UBUFT o
MJOHVJTUJDDIBOHFJO o  4FFBMTP CJMJOHVBMJTN
.BUTVCBSB +VOLP  5IF .VOTFMM#PPLPG$PMPS 
.B[BUFDPMBOHVBHF  .ZFST4DPUUPO $BSPM 
.D&MIJOOZ #POOJF  .ZUIPMPHZ 
.FBE .BSHBSFU 
.FBOJOH /BUJPOBMJUZ MBOHVBHFBOE o 
DBUFHPSJ[BUJPO o  /BUJWF"NFSJDBOT
DPODFQU EFGJOFE o MBOHVBHFGBNJMJFTPG   
FUIOPQPFUJDT TUVEZPG o TUVEZPG  o
+BQBOFTFBOE&OHMJTI BTQFDUTPGXPSE /BWBKP
NFBOJOHJO oCPY BUUJUVEFUPXBSETQFBLJOH  
PTUFOTJWFEFGJOJUJPO  MBOHVBHF 
TFNBOUJDEJGGFSFOUJBM o JOTIBQF DPMPS BOETQBDFTUVEZ 
TFNBOUJDSFMBUJPOTBNPOHXPSET o
o iXBSUBML w
TFNJPUJDUSJBOHMF  /FBOEFSUIBMT )PNPTBQJFOT
TFOTF  OFBOEFSUIBMFOTJT
   
TPVOETZNCPMJTN o   
TZOFTUIFTJB  /FP.FMBOFTJBO 5PL1JTJO
DSFPMJ[BUJPO
.FTPMJUIJDQFSJPE  PG o CPY
.FTTBHF GPSNBOEDPOUFOUPG  /FPHSBNNBSJBOIZQPUIFTJT 
.FUBUIFTJT o /FPMJUIJDQFSJPE 
.FYJDP JOEJHFOPVTMBOHVBHFTPG o /FVSPMJOHVJTUJDT o
.POHPMJBOT BUUJUVEFTUPXBSETQFBLJOH /FX:PSL$JUZ TUVEZPGEFQBSUNFOUTUPSF
 FNQMPZFFT o
.POPHFOFTJT UIFPSZPG o GJH /HBOEJMBOHVBHF 
 /JHFS$POHPMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ  
.POUBHV "TIMFZ  GJH
.PSQIFNF  o  /JHFS%FMUB TPDJBMBTQFDUTPG
.PSQIPMPHJDBMMBOHVBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT NVMUJMJOHVBMJTNJO o
o /JN DIJNQBO[FF

.PSQIPMPHJDBMQSPDFTTFT o /PPULBMBOHVBHF 
.PSQIPMPHZ   /PSUI"GSJDB 'SFODIEJBMFDUTJO 
.PSQIPQIPOFNFT HFOEFSEJGGFSFODFTJO /PTUSBUJDNBDSPGBNJMZ 
 /VLVMBFMBF HFOEFSJOFRVBMJUZJOSFBEJOH
.PSQIPQIPOFNJDT o BOEXSJUJOHPG o
INDEX 431

0BLMBOE $BMJGPSOJB
4DIPPM#PBSE 1J4VOZFS 0SJPM 
SFTPMVUJPOPO&CPOJDT   1JEHJOJ[BUJPO 
0#BSS 8JMMJBN.  1JEHJOT o  
0CFSXBSU "VTUSJB DIBOHJOHDIPJDFPG 1JLF ,FOOFUI-  
MBOHVBHFJO  1JOLFS 4UFQIFO    
0DIT &MJOPS  1JSBIMBOHVBHF o
0HEFO $,  1JUDI 
0IBMB +PIO  1JUUTCVSHI1PMJDF%FQBSUNFOU MBOHVBHF
0ME&OHMJTI  o   o TUVEZPG 
  1MBJOT*OEJBOT
0ME4UPOF"HF  MBOHVBHFT GBNJMJFTPG 
0MEVWBJ(PSHF  TJHOMBOHVBHFPG o
0MGBDUPSZDIBOOFM  1MBUP POUBMLJOH 
0OFIVOESFEXPSEDPSFWPDBCVMBSZ 1MVSBMGPSNT
4XBEFTI
UBCMF JO"GSJDBO"NFSJDBO7FSOBDVMBS
0QUJDBMDIBOOFM   &OHMJTI 
0SUIPHSBQIZ DIBOHFTJO  CPY JO$IPOUBM 
 JO&OHMJTI  o CPY 
0THPPE $IBSMFT o  
0TUFOTJWFEFGJOJUJPO  JO0ME&OHMJTI o
0UPNJMBOHVBHF  JO-BUJO 
JO5PL1JTJO 
1BMFPMJUIJDQFSJPE  JO:VDBUFD 
1yJOJ  1PMZHFOFTJT UIFPSZPG 
1BQVB/FX(VJOFB 1PMZHMPUT 
MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPOJO   1PMZTFNZ 
MBOHVBHFTPG  1PMZTZOUIFUJDMBOHVBHFT 
TQSFBEPG5PL1JTJOJO  1PSUVHVFTF FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFST
1BSBHVBZ TQFFDIDPNNVOJUZJO  PG GJH
1BSBMBOHVBHF o   1PXFMM +PIO8FTMFZ 
1BSBMJOHVJTUJDT  1SFGJY 
1BSUJDJQBOUPCTFSWBUJPO o CPY 1SFMBOHVBHF 
1BSUJDJQBOUT DPNNVOJDBUJPODPNQPOFOU
1SJNBUFT
o DPNNVOJDBUJPOBNPOHOPOIVNBO
1FDPT 3FHJT  o
1IBUJDDPNNVOJDBUJPO  FNFSHFODFPG  GJH
1IBUJDDPNNVOJPO  JOBCJMJUZUPTQFBL  o
1IPOF EFGJOFE  1SPGJMJOH MJOHVJTUJD 
1IPOFNFT  1SPOPVOT VTFPGJOWBSJPVTMBOHVBHFT
1IPOFNJDBOBMZTJT o o
1IPOFNJDDPOUSBTUT  1SPTPEJDGFBUVSFT o
1IPOFNJDUSBOTDSJQUJPO   1SPUP"MHPORVJBOQFPQMF o 
1IPOFUJDUSBOTDSJQUJPO o o  CPY GJH
 1SPUP*OEP&VSPQFBO  
1IPOFUJDT BSUJDVMBUPSZ  1SPUPMBOHVBHFT SFDPOTUSVDUJPOPG 
1IPOPMPHZ  o o
432 INDEX

1SPYFNJDT o UBCMF CPY 4DPUU )VHI-FOPY 


 4FNBOUJDEJGGFSFOUJBM o
1VFCMPQFPQMFT MBOHVBHFTPG  4FNBOUJDT
1VFSUP3JDBOT BOEMBOHVBHFQSFKVEJDF  TUVEZPG o
4FFBMTP NFBOJOH
2VBLFST 4PDJFUZPG'SJFOET
MBOHVBHFPG 4FNJPUJDUSJBOHMF 
 4FNJPUJDT 
2VBOUJUBUJWFNFUIPE TPDJPMJOHVJTUJDT
 4FOUFODF BTVOJUPGBOBMZTJT o GJH

3BDF GBVMUZBTTPDJBUJPOPGXJUIMBOHVBHF 4FSCP$SPBUJBOMBOHVBHF 
BOEDVMUVSF o o 4FUUJOH DPNNVOJDBUJPODPNQPOFOU

3FDPOTUSVDUJPO o
PGBODFTUSBMIPNFMBOE o 4IBQFDPMPSTQBDF JOGMVFODFPOCFIBWJPS
PGDVMUVSBMIJTUPSZ o CZ  o
PGQSPUPDVMUVSF o 4IFS[FS +PFM  
PGQSPUPMBOHVBHFT  4JFCFSU 'SBOL5 +S o
PGQSPUPXPSET   4JHOMBOHVBHF o
3FEVQMJDBUJPO o 4JMCP 
3FGFSFODF  4JOP5JCFUBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ GJH
3FGMFYJWFOPJTFT  4JPVBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
3FGMFYJWFOFTT  4LJOOFS #' 
3FHJTUFS  4MPWBLT SFMBUJPOTIJQXJUI$[FDIT o
3FTUSJDUFEDPEF  4NJUI 8JMMJBN 
3JDIBSET *"  4PDJBMDMBTT MBOHVBHFBOE o
3PCFSUT +PIO  4PDJBMOFUXPSL 
3PNBOTIMBOHVBHF  4PDJBMQPXFS HFOEFSBOEMBOHVBHFUIFPSZ
3VTTJBOMBOHVBHF   GJH PG o
  4PDJFUZPG'SJFOET 2VBLFST

4PDJPDVMUVSBM EFGJOJUJPOPG o
4BCJS NFEJFWBMQJEHJO
 4PDJPDVMUVSBMUIFPSZ MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPO
4BM[NBOO ;EFOFL  BOE o
4BNPB 8FTUFSO MBOHVBHFBDRVJTJUJPOJO 4PDJPMJOHVJTUJDDIBOHF TUVEZPG 
 4PVOEDIBOHFT o o
4BOTLSJUMBOHVBHF  o i4PVOEMBXT w
4BQJS &EXBSE  CPY   4PVOETQFDUSPHSBQI 
o 4PVOETZNCPMJTN o 
4BQJS8IPSGIZQPUIFTJT o4FFBMTP 4QBJO MJOHVJTUJDEJGGFSFODFTJO 
8IPSGIZQPUIFTJT 4QBOESFM 
4BSBI DIJNQBO[FF
 4QBOJTI
4BWBHF3VNCBVHI &4  FTUJNBUFEOVNCFSPGTQFBLFSTPG 
4BWJMMF5SPJLF .VSJFM  GJH
4DBOMPO +FTTF  JO.FYJDP o o
4DIJFGGFMJO #BNCJ#  JOUIF64  
4DIMFJDIFS "VHVTU  41&",*/( BTNOFNPOJDEFWJDF
4DPMMPO 3POBME   o
4DPMMPO 4V[BOOF   4QFDUSPHSBN 
INDEX 433

4QFFDI 5BLFMNBMBOHVBHF o


BDU  5BOOFO %FCPSBI  
BQQBSBUVT GJH 5BZMPS %PVHMBT 
BSFB  5BZMPS +PIO 
BUUJUVEFTBCPVU o  5FFUFS ,BSM7 
CFIBWJPS VOJUTPG o 5FOFKBQB5[FMUBM
DPNNVOJUZ o  MBOHVBHFPG 
FUIOPHSBQIZPG o TQFFDI UFSNJOPMPHZPG 
FWFOU  5PL1JTJO /FP.FMBOFTJBO
DSFPMJ[BUJPO
GJFME  PG o CPY
IVNBO CPY 5POFMBOHVBHFT o 
OFUXPSL o 5PSSBMCB 4QBJO BSDIBFPMPHJDBMFYDBWBUJPOT
TJUVBUJPO  BU 
TUBOEBSE  5SBOTGPSNBUJPO 
TUZMFT o  5SBOTGPSNBUJPOBMHFOFSBUJWFHSBNNBS
4FFBMTP HFOEFS TQFFDIBOE o 
4QFFDITPVOET 5SBOTGPSNBUJPOBMHSBNNBSNPWFNFOU
BOBMZTJTPG  
BSUJDVMBUJPOPG o 5SBOTGPSNBUJPOBMSVMF 
QSPEVDUJPOPG o  5TVEB :VLJP 
4UBOMBX +BNFT. o  5VOJDBMBOHVBHF o
4UJNVMVTSFTQPOTFSFXBSEGPSNVMB 5VSLJTIMBOHVBHF
o NPEFSOJ[BUJPOPG o
4UPLPF 8JMMJBN$ +S  WPXFMIBSNPOZJO 
4USFTT JOTQFFDI  5XJMBOHVBHF   
4USPTT #SJBO 
4UVSUFWBOU &EHBS)  6OJWFSTBMJTN o
4VCBOVOQFPQMF 6QQFS$IJOPPLMBOHVBHF 
EJTFBTFEJBHOPTJTCZ o 6QQFS1BMFPMJUIJDQFSJPE 
ESJOLJOHUBMLPG o CPY 6SBMJDMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ   
4VCDVMUVSF HFOEFSBOEMBOHVBHFUIFPSZ 6UP"[UFDBOMBOHVBHFGBNJMZ 
PG 
4VGGJY  7BJQFPQMF MJUFSBDZBNPOH 
4VNFSJBOMBOHVBHF  7FSUFCSBUFT OPOIVNBO DPNNVOJDBUJPO
4VQFSPSEJOBUFUFSN  BNPOH 
4VQQMFUJPO o 7JLJ DIJNQBO[FF

4VQQMFUJWFGPSN  7PDBMBQQBSBUVT FWPMVUJPOPG o
4XBEFTI .PSSJT   7PDBMBVEJUPSZDIBOOFM  
4XBIJMJMBOHVBHF  o 7PDBMQMBZ 
4ZODISPOJDMJOHVJTUJDT  7PDBMTFHSFHBUFT 
4ZOFTUIFTJB  7PFHFMJO $IBSMFT' 
4ZOPOZN o 7PFHFMJO 'MPSFODF. 
4ZOUBY    7PJDFDIBSBDUFSJ[FST 
7PJDFGFBUVSFT 
5BDUJMFDIBOOFM  7PJDFRVBMJGJFST 
5BHRVFTUJPO   7PXFMIBSNPOZ 
434 INDEX

7PXFMQIPOFNFTJO"NFSJDBO&OHMJTI  MJOHVJTUJDSFMBUJWJUZBOEEFUFSNJOJTN


UBCMF o CPY
7PXFMT BSUJDVMBUJPOPG UBCMF SFDPOTJEFSBUJPOPG o GJH
8JUIFSTQPPO (BSZ  
8BMUFS )FOSJFUUF  8PMGG )BOT 
i8BSUBML w 8PPMGPSE &MMFO# 
8BTIPF DIJNQBO[FF
  8PSET BGGFDUPGPOCFIBWJPS CPY
8BUBOBCF 4VXBLP  8PSET DPJOFE 
8BUTPO .JDIBFM  8SJUJOH FUIOPHSBQIZPG o
8FSOJDLFTBQIBTJB  8SJUJOHTZTUFN EFWFMPQNFOUPG o
8FSOJDLFTBSFB  o 
GJH :BLBOQFPQMF MFHBMTZTUFNPG 
8FTDPUU 3PHFS8  :BOBUSJCF 
8IBMFT DPNNVOJDBUJWFCFIBWJPSPG  :VDBUFDMBOHVBHF DPSSFTQPOEFODF
8IJTUMFTQFFDI o  CFUXFFODPHOJUJPOBOEOVNCFS
8IPSG #FOKBNJO-FF o HSBNNBSJO o
8IPSGIZQPUIFTJT
BMUFSOBUJWFTUP o ;IBOH )BOH o
FYQFSJNFOUBMGJOEJOHTDPODFSOJOH ;VOJ
o o DPMPSUFSNJOPMPHZTUVEZBOE 
FYUFOEFEWFSTJPOPG o TQFFDIBUUJUVEFTPG 

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