Stephen Alan Marlett
Contact
63955 E Condalia
Tucson AZ 85739
Phone: 520-825-9316
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Degrees
- PhD, University of California at San Diego, (1981)
- MA, University of North Dakota, (1976)
- BA, The King’s College, (1973)
Current positions
- Linguistics consultant
Memberships
- Linguistic Society of America
- Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA).
Language proficiency
- Spanish
- French
- Seri
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2008. “The form and use of names in Seri. ”International Journal of American Linguistics 74(1): 47-82.
2005. “A Typological overview of the Seri langauge.” Linguistic Discovery 3.1,pp. 54-73. Online at: http://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/2/xmlpage/1/article/282
2005. (with F. Xavier Moreno Herrera and Genaro G. Herrera Astorga). “Seri. ”Journal of the International Phonetic Association 35(1): 117-121.
2005. (with Mary B. Moser) Comcáac quih yaza quih hant ihíip hac: Diccionario seri-español-inglés. Hermosillo and Mexico City: Universidad de Sonora and Plaza y Valdés Editores.
2004. “El diccionario comunitario y dinámico como palanca en el fortalecimiento de la identidad etnolingüística. ”Lengua y Sociedad 7(2): 89-101.
2002. “Reanalysis of passive and negative prefixes in Seri. ”Linguistic Discovery 1(1). http://linguistic-discovery.dartmouth.edu/WebObjects/Linguistics.woa/1/page/article/1.
2000. “Why the Seri language is interesting and important. ”Journal of the Southwest 42(3): 611-33.
Selected papers presented
2008. “Nominal coordination in Seri. ” SSILA 2008 meeting, Chicago.
2007. “Bringing it home: the implications of documentation for a vibrant endangered language. ” Conference on language documentation and linguistic theory. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
2007. “Relative clauses in Seri. ” Hermosillo, Sonora. Conference on Syntactic Complexity. 15-16 November.
2007. “The aspectual verb construction in Seri. ” Conference on Languages of Latin America. Austin, Texas.
2007. (with Donna B. Gerdts) “A typology of denominal verb constructions. ” 7th biennial meeting of the Association for Linguistic Typology. Paris.
2007. “Stress, extrametricality and the minimal word in Seri. ” SSILA 2007 meeting, Anaheim.
2006. “El acento, la extrametricalidad y la palabra mínima en seri. ” Encuentro de Lenguas Indígenas Americanas. Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
Works online
2008. “The implications of language documentation for an endangered but vibrant language community: a historical perspective. ” Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, vol. 48. http://www.und.edu/dept/linguistics/wp/2008Marlett.PDF
2007. Editor with René Montaño Herrera, Francisco Xavier Moreno Herrera of Comcaac quih ziix quih ocoaaj hac(Enciclopedia seri). http://lengamer.org/admin/language_folders/seri/user_uploaded_files/links/File/Enciclopedia/EncicloSeri.htm
2007. Compiler, Ziix haptc iiha comcaac quih ocoaaj quih ano yaii. (Acervo de textos seris). http://www.lengamer.org/admin/language_folders/seri/user_uploaded_files/links/File/Acervo_de_Textos/acervo_de_textos.htm
2006. Moser, Mary B. and Stephen A. Marlett, compilers. Seri texts; Textos seris. http://lengamer.org/admin/language_folders/seri/user_uploaded_files/links/File/Textos/SeriTexts.htm
2006. Editor, Situaciones sociolingüísticas de lenguas amerindias, Lima: SIL International y Universidad Ricardo Palma. http://lengamer.org/publicaciones/socio.php
2006. Editor, Ilustraciones fonéticas de lenguas amerindias. Lima: SIL International y Universidad Ricardo Palma. http://lengamer.org/publicaciones/ilusfon.php