TOPICS IN PAPAGO MORPHOLOGY (SUFFIXES; ARIZONA).

This dissertation is an examination of Papago derivational morphology. Chapter One proposes a classification of lexical items based on the elements g and s in Papago. There is a category of lexical items which takes g, but not s (g-words), a category of lexical items which takes s, but not g (s-words), and a category of lexical items which take neither (0-element words). The classification, established on purely formal grounds, has clear semantic correlates. Further, given these three categories, the logical possibilities for derivational morphology are the following: g-word to g-word, g-word to s-word, g-word to 0-element word, 0-element word to 0-element word, 0-element word to g-word, 0-element word to s-word, and s-word to s-word, s-word to g-word, and s-word to 0-element word. Not all of these are instantiated; in particular, s-words are not subject to this simple derivational scheme. Chapters Two through Five present an analysis of a representative sample of derivational suffixes in Papago, exemplifying the first six logical possibilities. Chapter Six discusses the complications posed by s-words

Desiderative - Causatives in Papago

Published as Coyote Papers: Working Papers in Linguistics from A-Z, Studies on Arabic, Basque, English, Japanese, Navajo and PapagoThis paper is concerned with the analysis of what I will term "desiderative- causative" sentences in Papago. (1) is an example.1 (1) s- ñ- ko:sin 'at.; s ñ ko:s-im-c 'at; prefix-prefix- sleep- suffix -suffix Aux; 'I am sleepy.' (1) contains the causative suffix c and the desiderative suffix -im (which also requires the prefix s -), hence, the term desiderative- causative. Desiderative- causative sentences have characteristics which distinguish them both from the simple desiderative sentences, as in (2), and simple causatives, as in (3). (2) Mali:ya 'at s-ko:sim. Mary Aux s ko:s -im Mary Aux s: sleep:DESIDERATIVE 'Mary is sleepy' or more literally 'Mary desires to sleep.' (3) Mali:ya 'at ko:sc g 'ali.; Mary Aux ko:s -c g 'ali; Mary Aux sleep-CAUSATIVE determiner baby; 'Mary made the child go to sleep.' First, the subject possibilities in desiderative- causatives are exceedingly limited and distinct from those allowed in either simple desideratives or simple causatives. Second the semantic conditions which the verbs places on its associated arguments in desiderative- causative sentences must be distinguished from those in simple desideratives or simple causatives. An examination, therefore, of the simple desiderative and the simple causative on the one hand and the desiderative- causative on the other will suggest the idiosyncracies of the latter, However, I will argue that the properties of the desiderative- causative, in regard to the subject possibilities and the conditions on arguments, is a natural consequence of the combination of the requirements imposed in the simple desiderative and the simple causative.The Coyote Papers are made available by the Arizona Linguistics Circle at the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [email protected] with questions about these materials

Reading: Ofelia Zepeda

In this video from Friday, March 23rd, 2001 recorded during the 32nd Annual UND Writers Conference, “Worklife/Lifework,” Ofelia Zepeda reads “Pulling Down the Clouds,” “Her Hair Is Her Dress,” “Dog Dreams,” the title piece from Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert (1995), “The Man Who Drowned in the Irrigation Ditch,” the first movement from Jewed \u27i-Hoi / Riding the Earth (1997), and “The Place Where Clouds Are Formed.

Ju:ki/Rain

Published as Coyote Papers: Working Papers in Linguistics from A-Z, Exploring Language: Linguistic Heresies from the DesertThe Coyote Papers are made available by the Arizona Linguistics Circle at the University of Arizona and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [email protected] with questions about these materials

Panel: The Heart of the Work

This audiovisual recording from March 22, 2001 as part of the 32nd annual UND Writers Conference: “Worklife/Lifework” features Joy Williams, Ofelia Zepeda, Natasha Trethewey, and Jim Robison forming the panel “The Heart of the Work.” The moderator opens by reading Gary Snyder\u27s “Removing the Plate of the Pump on the Hydraulic System of the Backhoe.” The panelists discuss their sense of work, how their work life factors into their artistic life, the physical aspects of work and how they affect the creative process, the evocative power of literature, work and realism, the notion of excessive work in revision, their writing about the body, how play factors into work, the influence of other work, and working in uninspiring occupations. Zepeda closes by reading “Hot Tortillas.” Moderator: Cliff Staples