Papers of the Fifty-Third Algonquian Conference / Actes du cinquante-troisième Congrès des Algonquinistes

Inge Genee is coeditor of the Blackfoot Digital Dictionary and director of the Blackfoot Language Resources Lab, which conducts collaborative research in support of Blackfoot language revitalization. She received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Amsterdam. She is a professor at the University of Lethbridge, where she teaches courses in linguistics and Blackfoot grammar.Monica Macaulay received her PhD in linguistics from the University of California–Berkeley. She is the Ada Deer Professor of Language Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and on the board of the Endangered Language Fund, a nonprofit organization that funds language revitalization and preservation projects around the world. She also works closely with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin on language reclamation and revitalization.Margaret Noodin received an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in English and linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is Head Start director and Ojibwemowin instructor for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. She is also a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee where she teaches Anishinaabemowin, literature, and poetry online. Her work has included co-creation of www.ojibwe.net, publication of two bilingual collections of poetry in Anishinaabemowin and English and numerous translations of children’s books.

• Contents Preface | Marie-Odile Junker and Christopher Cox The Assumption of a Further Obviative | Irene Appelbaum Possessive Prefixes across Algonquian: Evidence for Two Separate Paradigms | Ksenia Bogomolets Stories of Empowerment: Indigenous Women’s Leadership Summer School | Maggie Chittspattio, Nadia Ferrara, Ashley Guanish, Mary Jane Hannaburg, Denise Larocque, Amélie La Rose Gauthier, Anahi Morales Hudon, Anny Morissette, and Marie-Louise Perron Animate Intransitive Consonant Stems in North East Cree | Vincent Collette sk and sp in Illinois | David J. Costa kwêyask kotahâskwâtam: The Effects of Altering Specificity in WordNet on the Accuracy of Computational Semantic Classifications of Plains Cree (nêhiyawêwin) | Daniel Dacanay, Jolene Poulin, and Antti Arppe The Meskwaki Past Tense Enclitic =iyo·we in Relation to an Affixal Past Tense Strategy | Amy Dahlstrom Ezhi-Aanikanootamaang Ogimaans: The Little Prince Translated into Ojibwemowin | Jaymee Dhein, Angela Mesic, Margaret Noodin, and Susan Wade Deverbal Noun Composition in Mille Lacs Ojibwe | Hunter Johnson and Christopher Hammerly Syllabicity of Dorsal Fricative [X] in Blackfoot: An Empirical Investigation | Mizuki Miyashita Patterns of Cree Preverb Usage in Early Child Language: A Longitudinal Case Study | Burak Oney Short Verbs in Algonquian } Richard A. Rhodes Reflections of a “Barbarous, Mentally Undeveloped” Linguist: On the Legacy and Obligations of Algonquian Studies and Linguistics | Mskwaankwad Rice Plains Cree Textual Analysis with PCA: Across the Bloomfield and Ahenakew-Wolfart Subcorpora | Katherine Schmirler and Antti Arppe Morphophonological Rule Development and Real-Time Rule Testing with XFST: A Model for Blackfoot | Katherine Schmirler, Antti Arppe, and Inge Genee On Diphthongs and Digraphs in Blackfoot | Natalie Weber and Mizuki Miyashita Rhythm and Intonation in Oji-Cree | Matthew Windsor Oblique Argument Licensing in Algonquian: Head Marking vs. Dependent Marking | Yadong Xu Contributors