A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee (Studies in the Anthropology of North Ame) [Hardcover]

Jack B. Martin (Author), Margaret McKane Mauldin (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0803232071 | ISBN-13: 978-0803232075 | Publication Date: June 1, 2000

The result of more than ten years of research, A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee draws on the expertise of a linguist and a native Creek speaker to yield the first modern dictionary of the Creek language of the southeastern United States. The dictionary contains over seven thousand Creek-English entries, over four thousand English-Creek entries, and over four hundred Creek place names in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma. The volume also includes illustrations, a map, antonyms, dialects, stylistic information, word histories, and other useful reference material. Entries are given in both the traditional Creek spelling and a modern phonemic transcription. A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee is the standard reference work for the Creek language.

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"This book represents what may be the optimal collaboration for work on Creek, between a linguist . . . and a native speaker. . . . The compilers of this dictionary have done a splendid job, providing maps, pictures, and illustrations that enhance the pleasure of consulting it."—Anthropological Linguistics

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"Any tribe that is considering publishing a language dictionary would do well to browse this book as a possible model for the format."—American Indian Libraries

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"This book represents what may be the optimal collaboration for work on Creek, between a linguist . . . and a native speaker. . . . The compilers of this dictionary have done a splendid job, providing maps, pictures, and illustrations that enhance the pleasure of consulting it."—Anthropological Linguistics. "Any tribe that is considering publishing a language dictionary would do well to browse this book as a possible model for the format."—American Indian Libraries.

The result of more than ten years of research, A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee draws on the expertise of a linguist and a native Creek speaker to yield the first modern dictionary of the Creek language of the southeastern United States. The dictionary contains over seven thousand Creek-English entries, over four thousand English-Creek entries, and over four hundred Creek place names in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma. The volume also includes illustrations, a map, antonyms, dialects, stylistic information, word histories, and other useful reference material. Entries are given in both the traditional Creek spelling and a modern phonemic transcription. A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee is the standard reference work for the Creek language.

Jack B. Martin is an associate professor of English at the College of William and Mary and a specialist in southeastern Native languages. Margaret McKane Mauldin is an instructor of Creek at the University of Oklahoma. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 359 pages
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803232071
• ISBN-13: 978-0803232075
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best dictionary of Creek, June 1, 2000

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William C. Sturtevant (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee (Studies in the Anthropology of North Ame) (Hardcover)

This is far the best ever dictionary of the Creek (Muskogee) language of Oklahoma and Florida. The authors are a native speaker and teacher of Creek, and a linguist specializing in the analysis of the language. The volume provides spellings in both the traditional and the technical (linguists') spelling systems, and is derived from 19th and 20th century writings in this language as well as the knowledge of contemporary speakers. This will be an essential tool for speakers, writers, teachers, and students of the Creek language, and for historians, anthropologists, and other who need to know the meanings and proper spellings of words in the Creek language.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Thing To Happen To Creeks In Over 100 Years!, September 16, 2003

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This review is from: A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee (Studies in the Anthropology of North Ame) (Hardcover)

This dictionary is an incredible improvement on the last version (1890).
I use mine all of the time! Information includes spellings so that any student of linguistics could do proper pronunciation. However, it isn't necessary to be a linguist to utilize it for increasing one's Creek vocabulary. Better definitions and more information are given for every word, something that may be overlooked by those unfamiliar with the dearth of resources previously available to students of the Creek language.
I own two copies at present, and am steadily wearing one out (and I have yet to find a mispelling of "dictionary" or any other word).
It's true that one can't learn a language or a culture from a dictionary alone, but this volume is very helpful to the serious student of Creek.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creek Dictionary, August 30, 2004

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Laura Redish (Twin Cities, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee (Studies in the Anthropology of North Ame) (Hardcover)

This excellent dictionary contains linguistic background, pronounciation and grammar guides, a section on proper names, and illustrations of cultural objects as well as substantial Creek-English and English-Creek dictionary sections. Although the book is called "A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee," it also includes material on Seminole Creek (one of the two languages spoken by the Seminole people in Florida and Oklahoma).