Titre du document / Document title

Traces of Proto-Algonquian *wi-la 'he, she' in Maliseet-Passamaquoddy = Les traces des éléments proto-algonquins *wi-la 'il, elle' en malecite-passamaquoddy

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

LESOURD Philip S. ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Indiana University, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Proto-Algonquian (PA) *wi-la 'he, she' has been replaced in the Eastern Algonquian languages, including contemporary Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, by reflexes of Proto-Eastern-Algonquian (PEA) *ne-kema, with the same meaning. The expected Passamaquoddy reflexes of PA *wi-la are attested, however, in material taken down by Albert S. Gatschet of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1897. The evidence of Gatschet's recordings supporting Bloomfield's (1946) reconstruction of PA *wi-la by demonstrating that this form has a cognate in the Eastern branch of the family, as well as in the Central languages from which Bloomfield drew most of the data on which his reconstructions are based. This conclusion, in turn, supports Goddard's hypothesis that the introduction of *ne-kema is a shared innovation of the Eastern Algonquian languages.

Revue / Journal Title

International journal of American linguistics   ISSN 0020-7071 

Source / Source

2003, vol. 69, n^o4, pp. 357-370 [14 page(s) (article)] (24 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, ETATS-UNIS  (1917) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Reconstruction ; Third person ; Personal pronoun ; Synchrony diachrony ; Ethnolinguistics ; Historical morphology ; Historical linguistics ; Comparative linguistics ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Malecite ; Algonquin (proto-) ; Algiques (L.) ; Passamaquoddy ; Reconstruction ; Troisième personne ; Pronom personnel ; Synchronie diachronie ; Ethnolinguistique ; Morphologie historique ; Linguistique historique ; Linguistique comparative ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 25610, 35400011921856.0020