A study of Dogrib language of Dene athapaskan

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Questions you will ask. A successful paper will address questions relevant to the language variety under investigation and, where possible, suggest answers for the questions presented. Some questions that may be relevant are given below. Depending on the variety you choose, you may find that one or more of these questions are not relevant, and you may encounter other questions as you research your language variety. Addressing these questions should be the main focus of your paper. DO NOT come to me and complain that you can’t find this information about the language your chose. Either you aren’t looking hard enough, or you need to choose a different language. Here are the basic questions you should answer (Adapted from The Linguistic Reporter, Winter 1971, page 25):

• What is the name of the language variety (what do its speakers call it; what do non-speakers call it; what do linguists call it)?
• Who are its users, and how are they grouped by nation, geographical location, class, religion, or any other relevant grouping?
• What larger “language” does it belong to? What are the main closely related dialects?
• What other dialects are employed by its users?
• Is this dialect written? If so, how and in what contexts?
• Is its use restricted or limited in certain ways, for example religion or ritual, written literature, legal proceedings, folk tales, and so on?
• What issues of power and authority are relevant to this dialect?
• Is the dialect endangered? If so, what factors might be involved? If not, what might be contributing to its vitality?

Organization. Make sure to organize your paper into sections (and subsections) in a way that is easy to understand. In addition, give an introduction at the beginning of the paper, and have a conclusion at the end. The introduction should clearly state your research. WARNING: If I don’t know what you are writing about by the time I finish the first paragraph, I will not read the rest of your paper, and you will receive no credit.

The body of your paper should address the questions, above. Trust me, this will give you plenty to write about.

You can also comment briefly on the similarities and differences of the language you are examining and your first language. In the main body of the paper, describe your findings, illustrating with examples, where appropriate. You may also want to devote a more in-depth comparison of the language you looked at and Standard English. In the conclusion, summarize your main points. You may also want to point out areas where you feel that further research is needed.

References: All references must be from valid, scholarly sources, and properly cited. All listed references must be cited in the text. Internet sources should be scholarly work made available on the Internet, or print sources such as journal articles accessed through the Internet. Travel guides, brochures, commercial websites, and other non-scholarly sources will not be accepted. You must site at least six separate sources, three of which must be print sources. If you tell me you can’t find any sources, I will tell you to either look harder, or change your language. DO NOT use Wikipedia as a primary source, and be judicious in your use of any Internet source. Do not repeat nonsense about a language, such as statements that it “has a vocabulary of only 300 words”, or is “the most beautiful language in the world”, or “it is the most difficult language to learn”, etc. If in doubt, consult with me. Suggested format: state the questions (above) as subheadings, and then deal with them.

Transcription system. The transcription system you use depends what you’ve decided to discuss in your paper. If you are talking about phonology, you will want to use IPA transcription. If you are talking about syntax, you can probably simply use the writing system of the language if it uses the Latin alphabet (but make sure you mention if there are any important discrepancies between writing and pronunciation); or if it uses a non-Latin alphabet you may choose to transcribe it using IPA or simple Latin letters. As an example, if your language of choice were Russian (not allowed for this project, you would have to use a dialect of Russian), the sentence ‘I love you’ would be written in Cyrillic as ? ???? ?????. Since most Americans cannot read Cyrillic script you should not use it in your paper. You may want to transcribe the sentence using IPA (especially if discussing phonology/phonetics), but it will also be acceptable to transliterate it into Latin characters:

? ???? ?????. [Russian]
ja tjIbjja ljublju [IPA]
ya tyebya lyublyu [Latin Characters]

The key point here is to always make sure you give enough information. If you’re talking about morphology and different allomorphs are used in different phonological environments, you need to make sure this is clear in your transcription – and it may not be clear in the actual writing system of the language. When in doubt, use IPA.

Examples. When discussing data from a language other than English, give a translation of the sentence. In addition, provide glosses for the individual words in the sentence – the gloss can differ substantially from the translation. For example:

ya tyebya lyublyu
I-nominative you-accusative love-1sg
“I love you”
“I adore you”

Papers must properly cite all sources in Chicago style. Guidelines for Chicago style are available at the following website:

https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

Presentation: You may be an intelligent and perceptive person, but in the context of your paper, I don’t care what your “unschooled” opinions might be. You conclusions must be scholarly opinions: they must follow from the facts you present, placed in the context of theory or other scholarly work on language.

You are expected to write in a scholarly manner. Do not start a sentence with the word, “Well,”. Certainly do not start your paper that way. If I come upon a phrase such as “in nowaday’s culture”, which if both grammatically and intellectually wrong at so many levels, you will loose points. If you present grand generalizations or pure hyperbole, such as “since the dawn of time”, “people have always”, “throughout history”, etc., you will loose points. If you use an apostrophe in standard plurals, or don’t use one in standard possessives, you will loose points.

Don’t use a word if you don’t know what it means. If it doesn’t make sense, you will lose a point. Throw away your hardcopy thesaurus, or delete your thesaurus software. If those words really all meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t have all those words.

Do not refer to authors by their first names. They are not your friends; you have no personal relationship with them. It will cost you points. Refer to authors by their last names and do not use titles such as “Dr.” or “Prof.”

Do not use the word “lifestyle” when you mean “way of life.” Individuals have a “lifestyle,” societies have a “way of life.”

I just got back my paper from my professor and some parts of the paper needs to get corrected. I will upload the picture of the paper with the corrections so the write can see what needs to be corrected.