Scope and content:Materials from field research geared toward phonetic and phonological research, including word lists, recordings, and metadata to increase usability of materials
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Christine Edgar, Dorothy Shepherd, Fran Tate, Michael Thompson, and John Sylak-Glassman. Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project, 2013-01, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2KP80PQ.
Collection number: 2014-21
Relations to this Collection:2018-32 derives from this Collection
Catalog history:The Materials replace SCL Jacobsen, the "William H. Jacobsen Papers on Indigenous Languages of North America"
Historical information:William H. Jacobsen (1931-2014) was born on November 15, 1931 in San Diego, CA to Cmdr. William H. Jacobsen, USN ret., and Julie Froatz Jacobsen. He graduated from Point Loma High School, San Diego, in 1949, and went on to graduate from Harvard University in 1953. Jacobsen then pursued graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley where he engaged in fieldwork on Salinan and Washo under the auspices of the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. While at UC Berkeley, he also worked on an early machine language translation project. He received his Doctoral Degree from UC Berkeley in 1964 with a thesis entitled “A Grammar of the Washo Language”, supervised by Mary Haas, which endures as the most complete grammar of Washo published to date. He also worked as an assistant professor of anthropology (1961-1962) and linguistics (1962-1964) at the University of Washington, spending many of his summers in Neah Bay, WA, working with Makah elders to record their language. Most of Jacobsen’s academic career was spent as a professor of linguistics at the University of Nevada, Reno where he taught for thirty years (1965-1994). Throughout his academic career Jacobsen was a prolific and versatile scholar, devising writing systems, creating materials for teaching tribal members Washo and Makah, and publishing many papers on linguistic topics. Jacobsen was an active contributor within the Americanist linguistic community not only through his research, which touched upon a diverse array of languages from Hokan to Wakashan and beyond, but also through steady correspondence and collaboration with colleagues and students. In addition to his work on indigenous languages of North America, Jacobsen was well-known for his extensive work on Basque, which he engaged in through his involvement in the Center for Basque Studies at UNR. Altogether, Jacobsen was familiar with all the main Romance languages and Sanskrit in addition to being a specialist in Washo, Makah, Salinan, Nez Perce, Nootkan, and Basque. He served as president of the Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas, received the Outstanding Researcher Award from the University of Nevada, and received the Nevada Humanities Award. Jacobsen officially retired from UNR in 1994 but continued to engage with the linguistics community as an emeritus professor. Jacobsen passed away on August 18, 2014 in Reno, NV, at age 82.
Scope and content:These materials document the linguistic work of William H. Jacobsen on various indigenous languages of North America, especially Washo, Makah, and Salinan, as well as on other languages and linguistic topics Jacobsen came into contact with throughout his academic career. The collection includes Jacobsen’s original field notebooks from work on Washo, Makah, and Salinan, as well as smaller aggregates of field notes on Diegueño, Northern Paiute, Kwak’wala, and Cowichan. In addition to original field notes, the collection includes derived research notes; many of these derived materials were organized by Jacobsen into separate folders by topic, and have been catalogued as they were found in order to reflect Jacobsen’s own organization. These research notes encompass work on Washo, Makah and other Southern Wakashan languages, Salinan, Yana and other Hokan languages, other Californian languages, and other topics related to general linguistic theory. A set of finished or near-finished manuscripts and handouts is also included, in many cases constituting completed work derived from Jacobsen’s research notes. Also included are transcriptions of texts and conversations in Washo and Makah, notes from collaborative work with Grace Dangberg on Washo texts, and materials Jacobsen developed in order to teach both Washo and Makah. Original file slips from Jacobsen’s work in organizing lexical material from Washo, Makah, Salinan, comparative Wakashan and Hokan, and Tagalog are also included. In addition to materials from Jacobsen’s original fieldwork and research, the collection includes a wealth of materials that Jacobsen obtained from other researchers. These obtained materials include an extensive collection of original Washo field notebooks originally belonging to Grace Dangberg, Gordon Marsh, Walter Dyk, Phillip Barker and William Shipley, and Brooke Mordy. In addition, the collection includes file slips and derived field notes from various sources. On Washo, these materials include Gordon Marsh’s file slips, research notes from Grace Dangberg and Walter Dyk, and photocopies of various vocabulary lists obtained from the Smithsonian Institution; on Wakashan, this includes a set of file slips from an unknown source; and on Yana, this includes a variety of research notes and a box of file slips obtained from Bruce Nevin, along with various photocopied materials on Yana obtained from museums. Other obtained materials include derived work on Washo texts by Brooke Mordy and on Yahi by T. T. Waterman, a collection of rare, unpublished, or difficult to obtain manuscripts concerning various North American indigenous languages, and published curricular materials on Washo and Makah. Various materials related to Jacobsen’s academic, scholarly, and teaching activities are catalogued as a separate series in the collection, in addition to being scattered throughout Jacobsen’s research notes. Finally, the collection includes a set of sound recordings that were discovered in Jacobsen’s possession but are not otherwise catalogued in earlier CLA collections. These recordings include recordings of Washo, Makah, Bella Coola, Ibo, Abaza, and at least one other unidentified language; some of the recordings were made by Jacobsen with various identified consultants, while others were obtained from colleagues including Brooke Mordy, Laura Fillmore, and Warren d’Azevedo, among possible others.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: William H. Jacobsen. William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America, 2014-21, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2028PGT.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Materials can be accessed online through the California Language Archive. In particular, audio recordings are located in The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Antoniaño Salinan sound recordings (LA 69), The William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Washo sound recordings (LA 53), and the William H. Jacobsen, Jr. collection of Makah sound recordings (LA 52).
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.004.031 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder, 20 pages
Description:Photocopy of a class paper written for Linguistics 650, Advanced Analysis, taught by Prof. Stanley Starosta at the University of Hawaii; contains written feedback from the professor. Contains content that builds upon topics discussed in 2014-21.004.030.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Aspects of a Theory of Nitinat, or: Nootkan Syntax Revisited, 2014-21.004.031, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23157.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Audio recording metadata files, 2013-01.010, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14926.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Audio recording metadata files, 2013-01.011, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14929.
Description:One field notebook from researcher's first field trip to work on Ditidaht. Contains primarily vocabulary elicitation and brief cultural notes. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file 2013-01.16.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in 2013-01.16.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file 2013-01.16-image_metadata.txt.)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Ditidaht Notebook 1, 2013-01.016, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2FX780V.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Effects of gutturals wordlist 1, 2013-01.002, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14918.
Description:Wordlist meant to elicit all vowel qualities next to post-velar consonants in onset and coda position; also meant to elicit all vowel qualities next to consonants of pre-velar places of articulation for comparison
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Effects of gutturals wordlist 2, 2013-01.005, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14921.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: File naming conventions, 2013-01.008, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14924.
Description:These lists contain all the words that were in the working dictionary and did not have entries or recordings in the First Voices Ditidaht archive (http://www.firstvoices.com/en/diidiitidq)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: First Voices elicitation lists, 2013-01.012, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14930.
Item number: 2013-01.013
Date: 2012
Relations to this item:2013-01.012 is referenced by this Item
Description:Each recording is of one word to be added to the First Voices Ditidaht Archive (http://www.firstvoices.com/en/diidiitidq). Each recording consists of the researcher asking for a given word and the consultant providing the word in Ditidaht. The order of the recordings follows the order of the words as given in the First Voices Elicitation Lists.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: First Voices recordings, 2013-01.013, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14931.
Item number: 2013-01.014
Date: 2012
Relations to this item:2013-01.012 is referenced by this Item
Description:Each recording is of one word to be added to the First Voices Ditidaht Archive (http://www.firstvoices.com/en/diidiitidq). Each recording consists of the researcher asking for a given word and the consultant providing the word in Ditidaht. The order of the recordings follows the order of the words as given in the First Voices Elicitation Lists.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: First Voices recordings, 2013-01.014, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14932.
Item number: 2013-01.015
Date: 2012
Relations to this item:2013-01.012 is referenced by this Item
Description:Each recording is of one word to be added to the First Voices Ditidaht Archive (http://www.firstvoices.com/en/diidiitidq). Each recording consists of the researcher asking for a given word and the consultant providing the word in Ditidaht. The order of the recordings follows the order of the words as given in the First Voices Elicitation Lists.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: First Voices recordings, 2013-01.015, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14934.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Glottalized resonants wordlist, 2013-01.003, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14919.
Description:Verifax of manuscript dated 1932. (The digital files associated with this Item include a series of scanned images from original physical objects. These images are aggregated at lower resolution in the file Haas.058.pdf. The original full resolution scans are collected in Haas.058.zip. Metadata pertaining to each scanned image is compiled in the tab-separated text file Haas.058-image_metadata.txt.)
Collection: Miscellaneous papers from the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Iterative reduplication of monosyllabic stems in Nitinat, Haas.058, in "Miscellaneous papers from the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X24747TC.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: JIPA sketch wordlist, 2013-01.001, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14917.
Description:Wordlist meant to elicit minimal pairs illustrating place of articulation, manner of articulation, phonation, vowel quality, and vowel length contrasts; also meant to elicit tokens of every phoneme in the language
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: JIPA sketch wordlist 2, 2013-01.006, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14922.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.002.092 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Catalog history:Formerly was grouped with 2014-21.002.084, 2014-21.002.088, 2014-21.002.089, 2014-21.002.090, and 2014-21.002.091 and catalogued under the name Jacobsen.005
Extent:1 folder, 18 pages
Description:Manuscript presented at the 4th International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages, University of Victoria, August 25-26, 1969.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Labialization in Nootkan, 2014-21.002.092, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23067.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.004.032 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder, 6 pages
Description:Handout containing examples, presented at the UCSD Linguistics Forum. Contains an annotated photocopy of a map of the Wakashan language family.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Levels in Syntax: Evidence from Nitinat, 2014-21.004.032, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23158.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Makah - Lexicostatistics, 2014-21.002.046, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23016.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.002.047 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder
Description:Folder containing research notes, manuscripts, and photocopies of articles related to Jacobsen’s work on neologisms in Makah. Includes notes, handouts, and manuscripts in various stages of completion with the title “Metaphors in Makah Neologisms”; this topic was presented at, and published following, the 6th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, Feb. 16-18, 1980. The folder also includes a schedule of the 6th Annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society and information regarding proceedings publication; a handout entitled “The Kiliwa Response to Hispanic Culture” by Mauricio J. Mixco on the theme of neologisms; a photocopy of an article entitled “Linguistic Acculturation on the West Coast of Vancouver Island” by Barbara S. Efrat; a photocopy of an article entitled “Linguistic Acculturation in Nitinat” by Terry Klokeid (1968); an abstract entitled “Notes on Makah Neologisms” and associated conference materials for the 20th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Seattle, WA, March 23-25, 1967, where Jacobsen presented it; and a photocopy of an article entitled “Metaphorical Expression in the Language of the Kwakiutl Indians”.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Makah - Neologisms, 2014-21.002.047, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23017.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Nasals and voiced oral stops wordlist 1, 2013-01.004, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14920.
Description:Wordlist meant to elicit tokens of all words with nasal consonants as well as words with voiced oral stops in as similar of contexts as possible
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Nasals and voiced oral stops wordlist 2, 2013-01.007, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14923.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.002.052 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder
Description:Research notes on labialization in Southern Wakashan languages; a manuscript entitled “Lablialization in Nootkan”, presented at the 4th Annual International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, Aug. 25-26, 1969; a letter from Terry Klokeid along with a draft manuscript entitled “Some irrelevant observations concerning rule interaction”; topically related scholarly correspondence.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Nootkan Labialization, 2014-21.002.052, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23022.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.002.093 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder, 9 pages
Description:Work presented at the Wakashan Linguistics Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, August 10, 2004. Other materials related to the conference are in 2014-21.005.003.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: The Subclassification of Southern Wakashan, 2014-21.002.093, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23068.
Availability: Paper materials for Item number 2014-21.004.030 are not digitized. Please email us at scoil-ling@berkeley.edu to schedule a visit, or to see if we can scan them for you.
Extent:1 folder, 22 pages
Description:Photocopy of a class paper written for Linguistics 650, Advanced Analysis, taught by Prof. Stanley Starosta at the University of Hawaii; contains written feedback from the professor. Related content is in 2014-21.004.031.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Topicalization in Nitinat, 2014-21.004.030, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23156.
Description:Two files detailing how the Ditidaht orthography is converted into plain ASCII for files for which unicode is not convenient (e.g., Praat transcriptions)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Suggested citation: Transcription conventions -- Orthographic to ASCII, 2013-01.009, in "Materials of the Ditidaht Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14925.
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