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Edward Vajda

January 31, 2023

Edward J. Vajda (Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, September 10, 1958 as Edward M. Johnson; changed his name in 1981)[1] is a historical linguist at Western Washington University.

Edward J. Vajda
Born
Edward M. Johnson

September 10, 1958
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLinguist
Academic background
Academic work
InstitutionsWestern Washington University
Main interestsDené–Yeniseian languages, languages of northern Eurasia

He is known for his work on the proposed Dené–Yeniseian language family, seeking to establish that the Ket language of Siberia has a common linguistic ancestor with the Na-Dené languages of North America. He began to study the Ket language in the 1990s, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union; he interviewed Ket speakers in Germany and later traveled to Tomsk in southwestern Siberia to perform fieldwork. In August 2008 he became the first North American to visit the Ket homeland in north-central Siberia's Turukhansky District, where he conducted intensive fieldwork with some of the remaining Ket speakers. Vajda's 67-page article "A Siberian link with Na-Dene languages" has been published in 2010 in the Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska. His theory has earned widespread, but not universal, support among professional linguists.[2]

Publications

Monographs
  • Ket (Languages of the World/Materials Volume 204.) Munich: Lincom Europa, 2004.
  • Yeniseian Peoples and Languages: a history of their study with an annotated bibliography and a source guide. Surrey, England: Curzon Press, 2001. (389 pages)
  • Ket Prosodic Phonology. (Languages of the World 15.) Munich: Lincom Europa, 2000
  • Morfologicheskij slovar’ ketskogo glagola na osnove juzhnoketskogo dialekta [Morphological dictionary of the Ket verb, southern dialect] (co-authored with Marina Zinn), Tomsk: TGPU, 2004. (257 pages)
  • Russian Punctuation and Related Symbols (co-authored with V. I. Umanets), Bloomington, Indiana: Slavica Publishers, 2005. (249 pages)
Edited volumes
  • "Subordination and coordination strategies in North Asian languages." Current issues in linguistic theory, 300.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2008. (225 pp.)
  • Languages and Prehistory of Central Siberia. (Current issues in linguistic theory, 262.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2004. (275 pp.)
  • Studia Yeniseica: in honor of Heinrich Werner. Language typology and universals 56.1/2 (2003). Berlin: Akademie Verlag. (Co-edited with Gregory Anderson.)
Refereed journal articles
  • "Ket shamanism." Shaman 18.1/2: 125-143 (2010).
  • "A Siberian link with Na-Dene Languages." Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Volume 5, New Series. (2010): 31-99.
  • "Yeniseian, Na-Dene, and Historical Linguistics." Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Volume 5, New Series. (2010): 100-118.
  • "Dene–Yeniseian and Processes of Deep Change in Kin Terminologies." Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, Volume 5, New Series. (2010): 120-236. (co-authored with John W. Ives and Sally Rice)
  • "The languages of Siberia." Linguistic Compass 2 (2008): 1-19.
  • "Yeniseic diathesis" Language Typology 9 (2005): 327-339. (Review article of Die Diathese in den Jenissej-Sprachen aus typologischer Sicht, H. Werner).
  • "Ket verb structure in typological perspective." Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung 56.1/2 (2003): 55-92. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
  • "The role of position class in Ket verb morphophonology." Word 52/3: 369-436 (2001).
  • "Actant conjugations in the Ket verb." Voprosy jazykoznanija [Linguistic Inquiry] 67/3 (2000): 21-41. Moscow: Nauka.
Book chapters or encyclopedia articles
  • "Morphology in Dene-Yeniseian Languages". In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics. 2019.
  • "Loanwords in Ket." Loanwords in the World’s languages: a comparative handbook, eds. Martin Haspelmath and Uri Tadmor. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2009. pp. 471–494.
  • "Una relación genealógica entre las lenguas del Nuevo Mundo y de Siberia." (co-authored with Bernard Comrie) X Encuentro Internacional de Lingüística en el Noroeste: Memorias. 2009.
  • "Ditransitive constructions in Ket" The typology of ditransitives, ed. Bernard Comrie and Martin Haspelmath. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
  • "Siberian landscapes in Ket traditional culture." Landscape and culture in the Siberian North, ed. Peter Jordan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2009.
  • "Head-negating enclitics in Ket" Subordination and coordination strategies in North Asian languages, ed. Edward Vajda. 2008. Amsterdam & Philadelphia. pp. 179–201.
  • "Ket morphology" 2007. Morphologies of Asia and Africa, Vol. 2, ed. Alan Kaye, pp. 1277–1325. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.
  • "Losing semantic alignment: from Proto-Yeniseic to Modern Ket" The typology of semantic alignment, eds. Tim Donohue & Soeren Wichman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 140–161.
  • "Distinguishing referential from grammatical function in morphological typology." Linguistic diversity and language theories, ed. by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, David Rood, and Adam Hodges. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins. 2004. pp. 397–420.
  • "Tone and Phoneme in Ket." Current trends in Caucasian, East European and Inner Asian linguistics: Papers in Honor of Howard I. Aronson (Current issues in linguistic theory.), pp. 291–308. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2003.
  • "Toward a typology of position class: comparing Navajo and Ket verb morphology." Proceedings from the Fourth Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics, 11, ed. Jeanie Castillo, pp. 99–114. Santa Barbara, CA: University of California, Santa Barbara. (2001).
  • "The origin of phonemic tone in Ket." Chicago Linguistics Society 37/2: Parasession on Arctic Languages, pp. 305–320. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
  • "Kazakh Phonology." Opuscula Altaica: Essays Presented in Honor of Henry Schwarz, pp. 603–650. Western Washington University, 1994.
  • "A Critique of the Notion that Language Imprisons the Mind." Anthropological World: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, pp. 95–103, 1990.

References

  1. ^ Entry on Edward Vajda in Encyclopedia.com
  2. ^ Bill Poser. "The languages of the Caucasus". Language Log, 25 August 2008. Accessed 22 July 2017.

External links

  • Notices and news items on Dene–Yeniseian[permanent dead link]
  • at Western Washington University

January 31, 2023
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Edward J Vajda Camp Lejeune North Carolina September 10 1958 as Edward M Johnson changed his name in 1981 1 is a historical linguist at Western Washington University Edward J VajdaBornEdward M JohnsonSeptember 10 1958Camp Lejeune North CarolinaNationalityAmericanOccupationLinguistAcademic backgroundAcademic workInstitutionsWestern Washington UniversityMain interestsDene Yeniseian languages languages of northern EurasiaHe is known for his work on the proposed Dene Yeniseian language family seeking to establish that the Ket language of Siberia has a common linguistic ancestor with the Na Dene languages of North America He began to study the Ket language in the 1990s after the dissolution of the Soviet Union he interviewed Ket speakers in Germany and later traveled to Tomsk in southwestern Siberia to perform fieldwork In August 2008 he became the first North American to visit the Ket homeland in north central Siberia s Turukhansky District where he conducted intensive fieldwork with some of the remaining Ket speakers Vajda s 67 page article A Siberian link with Na Dene languages has been published in 2010 in the Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska His theory has earned widespread but not universal support among professional linguists 2 Publications EditMonographsKet Languages of the World Materials Volume 204 Munich Lincom Europa 2004 Yeniseian Peoples and Languages a history of their study with an annotated bibliography and a source guide Surrey England Curzon Press 2001 389 pages Ket Prosodic Phonology Languages of the World 15 Munich Lincom Europa 2000 Morfologicheskij slovar ketskogo glagola na osnove juzhnoketskogo dialekta Morphological dictionary of the Ket verb southern dialect co authored with Marina Zinn Tomsk TGPU 2004 257 pages Russian Punctuation and Related Symbols co authored with V I Umanets Bloomington Indiana Slavica Publishers 2005 249 pages Edited volumes Subordination and coordination strategies in North Asian languages Current issues in linguistic theory 300 Amsterdam amp Philadelphia John Benjamins 2008 225 pp Languages and Prehistory of Central Siberia Current issues in linguistic theory 262 Amsterdam amp Philadelphia John Benjamins 2004 275 pp Studia Yeniseica in honor of Heinrich Werner Language typology and universals 56 1 2 2003 Berlin Akademie Verlag Co edited with Gregory Anderson Refereed journal articles Ket shamanism Shaman 18 1 2 125 143 2010 A Siberian link with Na Dene Languages Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska Volume 5 New Series 2010 31 99 Yeniseian Na Dene and Historical Linguistics Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska Volume 5 New Series 2010 100 118 Dene Yeniseian and Processes of Deep Change in Kin Terminologies Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska Volume 5 New Series 2010 120 236 co authored with John W Ives and Sally Rice The languages of Siberia Linguistic Compass 2 2008 1 19 Yeniseic diathesis Language Typology 9 2005 327 339 Review article of Die Diathese in den Jenissej Sprachen aus typologischer Sicht H Werner Ket verb structure in typological perspective Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung 56 1 2 2003 55 92 Berlin Akademie Verlag The role of position class in Ket verb morphophonology Word 52 3 369 436 2001 Actant conjugations in the Ket verb Voprosy jazykoznanija Linguistic Inquiry 67 3 2000 21 41 Moscow Nauka Book chapters or encyclopedia articles Morphology in Dene Yeniseian Languages In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics 2019 Loanwords in Ket Loanwords in the World s languages a comparative handbook eds Martin Haspelmath and Uri Tadmor Berlin Mouton de Gruyter 2009 pp 471 494 Una relacion genealogica entre las lenguas del Nuevo Mundo y de Siberia co authored with Bernard Comrie X Encuentro Internacional de Linguistica en el Noroeste Memorias 2009 Ditransitive constructions in Ket The typology of ditransitives ed Bernard Comrie and Martin Haspelmath Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009 Siberian landscapes in Ket traditional culture Landscape and culture in the Siberian North ed Peter Jordan Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009 Head negating enclitics in Ket Subordination and coordination strategies in North Asian languages ed Edward Vajda 2008 Amsterdam amp Philadelphia pp 179 201 Ket morphology 2007 Morphologies of Asia and Africa Vol 2 ed Alan Kaye pp 1277 1325 Winona Lake IN Eisenbrauns Losing semantic alignment from Proto Yeniseic to Modern Ket The typology of semantic alignment eds Tim Donohue amp Soeren Wichman Oxford Oxford University Press pp 140 161 Distinguishing referential from grammatical function in morphological typology Linguistic diversity and language theories ed by Zygmunt Frajzyngier David Rood and Adam Hodges Amsterdam amp Philadelphia John Benjamins 2004 pp 397 420 Tone and Phoneme in Ket Current trends in Caucasian East European and Inner Asian linguistics Papers in Honor of Howard I Aronson Current issues in linguistic theory pp 291 308 Amsterdam amp Philadelphia John Benjamins 2003 Toward a typology of position class comparing Navajo and Ket verb morphology Proceedings from the Fourth Workshop on American Indigenous Languages Santa Barbara Papers in Linguistics 11 ed Jeanie Castillo pp 99 114 Santa Barbara CA University of California Santa Barbara 2001 The origin of phonemic tone in Ket Chicago Linguistics Society 37 2 Parasession on Arctic Languages pp 305 320 Chicago University of Chicago Press 2002 Kazakh Phonology Opuscula Altaica Essays Presented in Honor of Henry Schwarz pp 603 650 Western Washington University 1994 A Critique of the Notion that Language Imprisons the Mind Anthropological World An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology pp 95 103 1990 References Edit Entry on Edward Vajda in Encyclopedia com Bill Poser The languages of the Caucasus Language Log 25 August 2008 Accessed 22 July 2017 External links EditMarch 24 2012 Dene Yeniseian Workshop University of Alaska Fairbanks Lectures by Ed VAjda and other papers now available via ANLC and UTube Table of contents and ordering information for The Dene Yeniseian Connection Notices and news items on Dene Yeniseian permanent dead link Vajda s homepage at Western Washington University Video of Vajda introducing the Ket language Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Vajda amp oldid 1132595221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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