A Preliminary View of Hydronymic Districts in Northern Athabaskan Prehistory
Abstract Center Stream drainages and stream names have served as territorial markers and cardinal lines in the Northern Athabaskan cognitive mapping system. I have made a preliminary grouping of seven “hydronymic districts” for 31 Northern Athabaskan languages and dialects based upon patterned shift...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e1b799e2059b49a683f83d4a9705556c 2023-05-15T17:41:52+02:00 A Preliminary View of Hydronymic Districts in Northern Athabaskan Prehistory James Kari 1996-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1996.44.4.253 https://doaj.org/article/e1b799e2059b49a683f83d4a9705556c EN eng University Library System, University of Pittsburgh http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1470 https://doaj.org/toc/0027-7738 https://doaj.org/toc/1756-2279 doi:10.1179/nam.1996.44.4.253 0027-7738 1756-2279 https://doaj.org/article/e1b799e2059b49a683f83d4a9705556c Names, Vol 44, Iss 4 (1996) Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 article 1996 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1179/nam.1996.44.4.253 2022-12-30T23:56:09Z Abstract Center Stream drainages and stream names have served as territorial markers and cardinal lines in the Northern Athabaskan cognitive mapping system. I have made a preliminary grouping of seven “hydronymic districts” for 31 Northern Athabaskan languages and dialects based upon patterned shifts in the stems in placenames meaning ‘course of stream’. When expanding into new territory, Athabaskans generally have continued to share boundaries with other Athabaskans. The Athabaskan hydronymic districts reflect alternating choices of solidarity or division within the larger network of languages. The geographical distribution of the hydronyms, combined with etymological analysis, offer some indications of directionality of movement and seriation of innovations during a series of expansions from an Athabaskan nucleus. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Athabaskan Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Names 44 4 253 271 |
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Abstract Center Stream drainages and stream names have served as territorial markers and cardinal lines in the Northern Athabaskan cognitive mapping system. I have made a preliminary grouping of seven “hydronymic districts” for 31 Northern Athabaskan languages and dialects based upon patterned shifts in the stems in placenames meaning ‘course of stream’. When expanding into new territory, Athabaskans generally have continued to share boundaries with other Athabaskans. The Athabaskan hydronymic districts reflect alternating choices of solidarity or division within the larger network of languages. The geographical distribution of the hydronyms, combined with etymological analysis, offer some indications of directionality of movement and seriation of innovations during a series of expansions from an Athabaskan nucleus. |
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