Reviews for Lexical Phonology of Masset Haida

The average rating for Lexical Phonology of Masset Haida based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-10-28 00:00:00 Jon Wade I have only the tiniest sliver of cultural capital when it comes to understanding this the context of this story cycle so bear with me. This book sketches the journey of K'etetaalkkaanee, a man on his journey to accumulate spirit power. He does this by traveling between homes and small villages by canoe, symbolically interacting with people and animals/spirits (ravens caribou beaver etc) as he carries on his journey. The interludes are short, often no more than two pages. From an outside perspective, it is the archetypical Alaska Native quest for personal meaning and I can picture someone reciting these to family over a winter fire. The format, with Attla's original Denaakk'e language side-by-side with translated English, was easy to read with helpful contextual footnotes. The transcribers/translators of Attla's oral tradition also seem to have left in her tangents ("I don't remember this next part", "Now, you see...") among the stories to adhere more closely to what was said rather than claiming editorial power over which words to excise in the interest of smoother written copy. This was very appreciated. In the end, though, this book made me sad. It is an academic release (though it seems in good faith) of an oral tradition that is clearly - if not dying - becoming more intertwined and dispersed with colonial society with fewer and fewer elders (and listeners) to keep these stories alive in their mythic form. As the book progresses, the stories become less detailed until finally there is no remembrance.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-06-25 00:00:00 Frank Petermann Le quattro stelle hanno un valore memoriale. Questo libretto lo acquistai durante una visita alla piccola chiesa The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury a Cothelstone, Taunton Somerset, durante una Summer School della Taunton School nel mese di Agosto 1999. La rivisitai con Mike Hope prima di andare ai Quantocks per vedere l'eclissi di sole di quell'anno. Fantastica esperienza, buio e freddo totale improvviso, una sensazione di grande freddo, gelo e mistero, con una vista a 360 gradi per una vita tutta da capire. Il giorno dopo avremmo lasciato Taunton ...