Digital Linguistics: An introduction

Daniel W. Hieber

University of California, Santa Barbara

Introduction

This paper introduces the field of Digital Linguistics (DLx). The Navajo word łééchąąʼí dog is an example of a retronym.

  1. Plains Cree (Algonquian)

    asam feed him/her/it
    asām a snowshoe
    askihk a pail
    askīhk on the land/earth

    Okimāsis. 2018. Cree: Language of the Plains / nehiyawewin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin

  2. Chitimacha (isolate)

    siksink his heːčtiʔi

    1. siksi‑nk eagle‑??
    2. his resp
    3. heːčt‑iʔi call‑nf;sg

    an eagle met him

    Swadesh 1939b: A1b.1

  3. Menominee (Algonquian)

    1. pāpaehcen he, she, it (anim.) falls (AI)

    2. pāpaehnaen it (inan.) falls (II)

  4. Menominee (Algonquian)

    1. na͞ewa͞ew s/he sees him, her, it (anim.) (TA)

    2. na͞emwah s/he sees it (inan.) (TI)