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James Kari

James Kari is an American linguist and Professor Emeritus with the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) specializing in the Dene (a.k.a. Ath...

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James Kari is an American linguist and Professor Emeritus with the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) specializing in the Dene (a.k.a. Athabascan languages) of Alaska. He served on the faculty of UAF from 1973 to his retirement in 1997.

For more than fifty years Kari has done extensive linguistic work in many Dene languages. These include Ahtna, Dena'ina, Koyukon, Deg Hit'an, Holikachuk, Lower Tanana, Middle Tanana, Tanacross, Upper Tanana, and Babine-Witsuwit'en.

Education

He earned his Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction and linguistics from University of New Mexico in 1973. His doctoral dissertation, Navajo Verb Prefix Phonology, later published in 1976, became a widely used text in Navajo linguistics.[1] He previously completed a Master of Arts in teaching at Reed College in 1969 and a B.A. in English at University of California, Los Angeles, in 1966. From 1966 to 1968, he served as an English teacher in Bafra, Turkey, with the U.S. Peace Corps.

Academic career

Kari has spent is his academic career at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, particularly at the Alaska Native Language Center. He joined the institution in 1973 as a post-doc, then as an assistant professor from 1975 to 1981, then was promoted to associate professor from 1982 to 1993, and later served as professor of linguistics from 1993 to 1997. He was named professor emeritus of linguistics in 1997.

Selected works

Books

  • Kari, James. 1976. Navajo Verb Prefix Phonology. New York: Garland Publishing Company.
  • Kari, James. 1979. Athabaskan Verb Theme Categories: Ahtna. Alaska Native Language Center Research Paper No. 2,
  • Kari, James. 1981 (editor) Athabaskan Stories From Anvik, Rev. John W. Chapman's "Ten'a Tales". ANLC.
  • Kari, James. 1986. Tatl'ahwt'aenn Nenn', The Headwaters People's Country, Narratives of the Upper Ahtna Athabaskans. Told by Katie John et al. Fairbanks: ANLC.
  • Kari, James. 1987. (editor) Engthidong Xugixudhoy, Stories of Long Ago; Told by Belle Deacon. Fairbanks:ANLC. 127 pp
  • Kari, James. 1990. Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary. Fairbanks: ANLC.
  • Kari, James. 1996. Ttheek'ädn Ut'iin Yaaniida' Oonign' , Historias antiguas de la gente de Scottie Creek. Contado en Upper Tanana Athabaskan, por Mary Tyone. ANLC.
  • Kari, James. (editor en jefe). 2000. Diccionario Koyukon Athabaskan de Jules Jetté y Eliza Jones. ANLC.
  • Kari, James. 2004 (editor) por Walter Johnson. Sukdu Neł Nuhtghelnek, Te contaré una historia, Historias que recuerdo de mi infancia en el lago Iliamna. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center. 81 págs. con CD de audio.
  • Kari, James. 2005. Lecciones de idioma dena'ina de Upper Inlet , por Sava Stephan. Centro de Patrimonio Nativo de Alaska.
  • Kari, James. 2007, 2011. Diccionario temático dena'ina. ANLC. 367 págs. Edición revisada [Reseñado en IJAL vol. 75:110-113 por Keren Rice.]
  • Kari, James. 2008. (editor) Shtutda'ina Da'a Sheł Qudeł, Mis antepasados ​​aún caminan conmigo, Ensayos orales sobre las tradiciones Tsaynen y Qizhjeh. Por Andrew Balluta. Anchorage: Servicio de Parques Nacionales.
  • Kari, James. 2010. Narrativas de viaje de los Ahtna: una demostración del conocimiento geográfico compartido entre los athabascanos de Alaska. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.

Referencias

  1. ^ Kari, James M. (1976). "Fonología del prefijo verbal navajo" . Pub guirnalda. ISBN 978-0-8240-1968-6.

Centro de Lenguas Nativas de Alaska, https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/