Linguistics at Manitoba: D.H. Pentland

David H. Pentland

[Linguistics and Anthropology]

B.A.(Hons.) 1968, University of Manitoba

M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1979, University of Toronto

Historical and comparative linguistics, dialectology, lexicology, philological methods; language and culture, ethnohistory, prehistory; Algonquian, Indoeuropean.

Linguistics Department

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5

telephone (204) 474-9187

fax (204) 474-7671

e-mail: David_Pentland@UMANITOBA.CA

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Publications

A bibliography of Algonquian linguistics. D.H. Pentland, C.D. Ellis, C.A. Simpson & H.C. Wolfart.: University of Manitoba Anthropology Papers 11, 1974.
Cartographic concepts of the northern Algonquians.: Canadian Cartographer 12:149-160, 1975.
Diminutive consonant symbolism in Algonquian.: W. Cowan, ed., Papers of the Sixth Algonquian Conference, 1974, 237-252. National Museum of Man Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service Paper 23. Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1975.
Proto-Algonquian word list.: Toronto: the author, 1975.
In defence of Edward Umfreville.: W. Cowan, ed., Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference, 62-104. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1976.
Nêhiyawasinahikêwin: A standard orthography for the Cree language.: Regina: Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, 1977.; reprinted, Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, 1979;; revised editions, Calgary: Department of Linguistics, University of Calgary, 1978;; Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, 1982;; Slave Lake: Alberta Vocational College – Lesser Slave Lake, 1990.
Proto-Algonquian *št.: International Journal of American Linguistics 43:225-226, 1977.
Proto-Algonquian [glottal] stop clusters in Cree-Montagnais.: International Journal of American Linguistics 43:154-156, 1977.
A historical overview of Cree dialects.: W. Cowan, ed., Papers of the Ninth Algonquian Conference, 104-126. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1978.
Cree reflexes of Proto-Algonquian *sk.: Algonquian Linguistics 4:16-18, 1978.
Proto-Algonquian *sk in Woods Cree.: E.-D. Cook & J.D. Kaye, eds., Linguistic studies of native Canada, 189-202. Lisse: Peter de Ridder Press / Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1978.
Audibility of the aurora borealis.: The Musk-Ox 22:65-66, 1978.
An early Iroquoian loanword in Algonquian.: Algonquian Linguistics 4:27-29, 1979.
Causes of rapid phonological change: The case of Atsina and its relatives.: Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics 5:99-137, 1979.
The standard orthography for Cree and Ojibwa place names.: Atelier sur l'écriture des noms de lieux amérindiens, Documents, 173-185. Québec: Commission de toponymie, 1979.
Does "Eastern Algonquian" really exist?: Algonquian Linguistics 4:36-41, 1979.
The "Bowrey" dictionary and Henry Kelsey [H.C. Wolfart & D.H. Pentland].: W. Cowan, ed., Papers of the Tenth Algonquian Conference. 37-42. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1979.
A stray number system in Swampy Cree.: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 6:8-9, 1981.
From French to Cree: Fur trade relicts in the Northwest [abstract].: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 6:26, 1981.
The Proto-Algonquian word for ‘corn’.: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 6:35-37, 1981.
[review of] Papers of the Eleventh Algonquian Conference, ed. by W. Cowan, 1980.: Canadian Journal of Linguistics 26:239-241, 1981.
Synonymy: Montagnais-Naskapi, East Main Cree, Attikamek (Tęte de Boule), West Main Cree, Northern Ojibwa, Saulteaux of Lake Winnipeg, Western Woods Cree.: W.C. Sturtevant, ed., Handbook of North American Indians, 6:185-187, 205-206, 213-216, 227-230, 240-242, 254-255, 267-270. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1981.
Bibliography of Algonquian linguistics. By D.H. Pentland & H.C. Wolfart.: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1982.
French loanwords in Cree.: J.E. McLaughlin & J.L. Vantine, eds., Studies in Native American linguistics. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 7:105-118, 1982.
A note on the publishing history of Pacifique's 'Micmac Messenger'.: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 8:18-19, 1983.
Proto-Algonquian c and [š].: W. Cowan, réd., Actes du Quatorzième Congrès des Algonquinistes, 379-396. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1983.
[review of] North-West River (Sheshâtshît) Montagnais: A grammatical sketch, by S. Clarke, 1982.: Canadian Journal of Linguistics 29:88-92, 1984.
New modes in Old Ojibwa.: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 9:11-17, 1984.
The Rossville Mission dialect of Cree: Egerton Ryerson Young's 1872 vocabulary.: H.C. Wolfart, ed., Essays in Algonquian bibliography in honour of V.M. Dechene, 23-45. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 1, 1984.
The Proto-Algonquian word for 'sun'.: International Journal of American Linguistics 51:534-536, 1985.
The Ashkee Indians.: W. Cowan, ed., Papers of the Sixteenth Algonquian Conference, 151-160. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1985.
Les origines du cri-montagnais [résumé].: Jocelyne Séguin et Toby Morantz, La synthèse archéologique et ethnohistorique du Complexe La Grande, 413-418. Val d’Or, Québec: Administration Régionale Crie, 1985.
The linguistic background of Cree-Montagnais.: Jocelyne Séguin et Toby Morantz, La synthèse archéologique et ethnohistorique du Complexe La Grande, 591-604. Val d’Or, Québec: Administration Régionale Crie, 1985.
More new modes in Old Ojibwa.: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 13:47-51, 1988.
Reconstructing Algonquian social organization [abstract].: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 14:34, 1989.
Henry Kelsey's Christmas message, 1696.: H.C. Wolfart, ed., Linguistic studies presented to John L. Finlay, 127-138. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 8, 1991.
The Proto-Algonquian dictionary.: Horizons 1.2:45-46. Winnipeg, 1991.
Mahican historical phonology.: C. Masthay, ed., Schmick's Mahican Dictionary, 15-27. American Philosophical Society, Memoir 197. Philadelphia, 1991.
[review of] Blackfoot dictionary of stems, roots, and affixes, by D.G. Frantz & N.J. Russell, 1989.: Canadian Journal of Native Studies 11:168-171, 1991.
North American languages of Canada, 1534-1900.: Facsimile, no. 10, pp. 5-16. Ottawa, 1993.; translated as 'Les langues nord-américaines du Canada, de 1534 à 1900', Fac-similé, no. 10, pp. 5-16. Ottawa, 1993.
Algonquian.: R.E. Asher & J.M.Y. Simpson, eds., Encyclopedia of language and linguistics, 1:70-71. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1994.
[review of] Blackfoot grammar, by D.G. Frantz, 1993.: Canadian Ethnic Studies 26(2):164-165, 1994.
An obsolete Ojibwa kinship term.: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 20:28-29, 1995.
Papers of the Twenty-Sixth Algonquian Conference. Edited by D.H. Pentland.: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1995.
An Ottawa letter to the Algonquin chiefs at Oka.: J.S.H. Brown & E. Vibert, eds., Reading beyond words: Contexts for Native history, 261-279. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1996.
Nelson Canadian dictionary of the English language.: [linguists: P.A. Reich, T.K. Pratt, R.L. Fisher, D.H. Pentland, A. Bourret]; Toronto: ITP Nelson, 1996.
Verbs of precipitation in Algonquian.: J.D. Nichols & A.C. Ogg, eds., nikotwâsik iskwâhtêm, pâskihtêpayih! Studies in honour of H.C. Wolfart, 337-354.; Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 13, 1996.
Cree language [Freda Ahenakew & D.H. Pentland].: F.E. Hoxie, ed., Encyclopedia of the American Indian, 145-146. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1996.
Papers of the Twenty-Seventh Algonquian Conference. Edited by D.H. Pentland.: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1996.
Papers of the Twenty-Eighth Algonquian Conference. Edited by D.H. Pentland.: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1997.
Papers of the Twenty-Ninth Algonquian Conference. Edited by D.H. Pentland.: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1998 [in press].
Naming the nations in seventeenth-century New France. De-Centring the Renaissance: Canada and Europe in multi-disciplinary perspective, 76-83.: Toronto: Victoria University.
The contribution of Mary R. Haas to Algonquian studies. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 21:42-44, 1996.
[Review of] Principles and methods in historical phonology: from Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho, by Marc Picard, 1994. Diachronica 14:383-386, 1997.
The southern Algonquians and their neighbours. D.H. Pentland, ed., Papers of the Twenty-Seventh algonquian Conference, 224-237.: Winnipeg: University of Manitoba, 1996.
In memoriam Frank T. Siebert, Jr. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 23:3-4, 1998.
Initial *s > n in Arapaho-Atsina. Diachronica 15:309-321, 1998.
Cree asikan 'sock': Menominee asêkan 'blade of grass'. International Journal of American Linguistics 64:394-397, 1998.

Lectures / Conference Papers

Cree-Montagnais dialectology and historical phonology.: Canadian Linguistic Association, Toronto, 1974.
The collection and analysis of Amerindian place names.: Canadian Institute of Onomastic Sciences, Toronto, 1974.
Diminutive consonant symbolism in Algonquian.: Sixth Algonquian Conference, Ottawa, 1974.
In defence of Edward Umfreville.: Seventh Algonquian Conference, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, 1975.
A historical overview of Cree-Montagnais dialects.: Ninth Algonquian Conference, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1977.
Algonquian languages of eastern Canada and prehistory.: Canadian Archaeological Association, Québec, 1978.
The "Bowrey" dictionary and Henry Kelsey [H.C. Wolfart & D.H. Pentland].: Tenth Algonquian Conference, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1978.
Causes of rapid phonological change: The case of Atsina and its relatives.: Canadian Linguistic Association, Saskatoon, 1979.
Loss and retention of lexical items: The bear taboo in Algonquian.: 43rd International Congress of Americanists, Vancouver, 1979.
A re-examination of Proto-Algonquian.: Eleventh Algonquian Conference, Ottawa, 1979.
Preliminary report on "Historical and Comparative Dictionary of the Algonquian Languages".: Lexicography Session, Eleventh Algonquian Conference, Ottawa, 1979.
The rate of phonological change.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1979.
The classification of eastern Algonquian languages.: Twelfth Algonquian Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980.
The location and culture of the Proto-Algonquians.: Thirteenth Algonquian Conference, Toronto, 1981.
From French to Cree: Fur trade relicts in the Northwest.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1981.
One language's war with opacity: The historical phonology of Cheyenne.: Canadian Linguistic Association, Ottawa, 1982.
Proto-Algonquian c and [š].: Fourteenth Algonquian Conference, Québec, 1982.
The native languages of Manitoba, then and now.: Symposium on Linguistics in Manitoba: The First Three Centuries, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1982.
Notes on Old Ojibwa.: Fifteenth Algonquian Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983.
Glottalized sonorants in Algonquian.: Linguistic Society of America, Minneapolis, 1983.
The role of philology in modern linguistics.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1984.
The bipartite negative construction: Two cases of morphological borrowing? [R.T. Carter & D.H. Pentland].: Fourth Conference on Siouan and Caddoan Linguistics, Winnipeg, 1984.
The Ashkee Indians.: Sixteenth Algonquian Conference, Duluth, Minnesota, 1984.
From the Volga to the Indus: The linguistic prehistory of Sanskrit.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1985.
Métchif and Bungi: Languages of the fur trade.: Voices of Rupert's Land: Public Lectures on Language and Culture in Early Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985.
"They talk the same as us": Boundaries among the northern Algonquians.: Dix-septième Congrès des Algonquinistes, Montréal, 1985.
The northern plains as a linguistic area.: Conference on Linguistic Variability on the Northern Plains, Winnipeg, 1986.
Problems in the use of onomastic data to determine linguistic boundaries.: Canadian Society for the Study of Names, Winnipeg, 1986.
Names as data in historical dialect studies.: Eighteenth Algonquian Conference, Winnipeg, 1986.
Glottalized consonants in Pre-Proto-Algonquian.: Nineteenth Algonquian Conference, Washington, 1987.
Principles of orthographies.: Indian Language Instructor’s Workshop, Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre, Saskatoon, 1988.
Reconstructing Algonquian social organization.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1989.
Southern Algonquian languages.: The Southern Algonquians: A Symposium on the Native American Chiefdoms of the Middle Atlantic Tidewater, Greenville, North Carolina, 1991.
Southern Algonquian origins: The linguistic evidence.: Twenty-Third Algonquian Conference, London, Ontario, 1991.
Eastern Algonquian linguistic history: Palatalization in Narragansett.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1992.
Algonquian historical linguistics.: Heritage '92: Projects, Programs and Progress [panel discussion], Manitoba Archaeological Society, Winnipeg, 1992.
Palatalization in Narragansett.: Twenty-Fourth Algonquian Conference, Ottawa, 1992.
Before Proto-Algonquian: Shifting language loyalties in the Archaic Northeast.: Linguistics and Anthropology Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1993.
'Sun', 'moon', and pre-Algonquian languages in the Northeast.: Twenty-Fifth Algonquian Conference, Montréal, 1993.
The southern Algonquians and their neighbours.: Twenty-Seventh Algonquian Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1995.
Naming the nations in 17th-century New France.: De-Centring the Renaissance: Canada and Europe in Multi-disciplinary Perspective 1350-1700, University of Toronto, 1996.
Natural sound change and the history of Arapaho.: Linguistics Colloquium, University of Manitoba, 1996.
Back umlaut in Arapaho.: Twenty-Eighth Algonquian Conference, Toronto, 1996.

The morphology of the Algonquian independent order.

Thirtieth Algonquian Conference, Burlington, Mass., 1998.