Kristine Stenzel
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Linguistics, Faculty Member
- Languages and Linguistics, Amazonian Languages, Language contact, Linguistic Typology, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Documentation, Indigenous Languages, Sociolinguistics, Field Linguistics, Tukanoan languages, and 22 moreKotiria (Wanano -Tukanoan family), Northwest Amazon, Linguistics, Multilingualism, Language Documentation, Evidentiality, Arawakan Languages, Andean Languages, Northwest Amazonia, Endangered Languages, Language Typology, Morphology, Historical Linguistics, Suprasegmental Phonology, Phonology, Grammaticalization, Tense and Aspect Systems, Serial Verb Constructions, Multiculturalism, Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics, and Morphology (Languages And Linguistics)edit
Introduction to the volume<em> On this and other worlds: Voices from Amazonia.</em>
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This study examines language ideologies and communicative practices in the multilingual Vaupes region of northwestern Amazonia. Following a comparative overview of the Vaupes as a ‘small-scale’ language ecology, it discusses claims from... more
This study examines language ideologies and communicative practices in the multilingual Vaupes region of northwestern Amazonia. Following a comparative overview of the Vaupes as a ‘small-scale’ language ecology, it discusses claims from existing ethnographic work on the region in light of data from a corpus of video-recordings of sociolinguistic interviews and spontaneous everyday conversations. It shows how a practice-based and interdisciplinary approach combining language documentation methodology and ethnographic, structural linguistic, and interactional perspectives can contribute to understanding of macro and micro aspects of multilingualism, thus contributing to future work on the Vaupes, typologies of small-scale multilingual ecologies, and language contact research.
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This article discusses language practice, ideology, and identity construction among the Kotiria (East Tukano), an indigenous people of the multilingual Vaupes region in northwestern Amazonia. Based on detailed analysis of speech from a... more
This article discusses language practice, ideology, and identity construction among the Kotiria (East Tukano), an indigenous people of the multilingual Vaupes region in northwestern Amazonia. Based on detailed analysis of speech from a young Kotiria girl, it presents a case study of dissonance between reported language ideology — founded on the notion of ‘linguistic loyalty’ and presumably resulting in norms of monolingual speech — and actual language practice in this region. Drawing from current sociocultural linguistic theory on code-switching and multilingualism, it concludes that the alternations observed in this sample of spontaneous and unguarded speech cannot be explained by appealing to notions of difference, but are motivated by discourse-pragmatic considerations linked to previously unidentified connections between ‘indexical ideology’ and linguistic practice. Rather than looking for a divergence explanation for language alternation, it postulates a hybrid solution that in...
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Cet article decrit le marquage differentiel de l'objet (MDO) en tant que composante essentielle du systeme de codification des actants dans la langue kotiria (wanano) appartenant au groupe oriental de la famille linguistique Tucano.... more
Cet article decrit le marquage differentiel de l'objet (MDO) en tant que composante essentielle du systeme de codification des actants dans la langue kotiria (wanano) appartenant au groupe oriental de la famille linguistique Tucano. Il illustre la grande frequence du cas multifonctionnel -re sur les objets, sur les obliques et sur certains constituants temporels. A l'interieur du systeme grammatical kotiria, le MDO codifie de l'information a la fois syntaxique et semantique en manifestant une certaine sensibilite a des hierarchies croisees en rapport avec le statut des constituants nominaux dans le discours (detinitude) et en rapport.
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This article adds a voice from Amazonia to the reflective discussion on documentation projects designed within a ‘participatory’ or ‘collaborative’ paradigm of language research. It offers a critical assessment of one such documentation... more
This article adds a voice from Amazonia to the reflective discussion on documentation projects designed within a ‘participatory’ or ‘collaborative’ paradigm of language research. It offers a critical assessment of one such documentation project carried out from 20072011 with the Kotiria and Wa’ikhana (East Tukano) language communities, who live in the remote Vaupés basin of the northwest Amazon. It examines aspects of the four-year project that most approximated the participative ideals that inspired it, including community input throughout all phases of the project, a ‘team-based’ approach grounded in local partnerships, and efforts to establish a more equitable division of power and responsibility, as well as greater self-determination in the organization of documentation activities. It also points out some of the difficulties encountered along the way and raises questions related to expectations, unforeseen consequences, and sustainability, questions that still remain to be answe...
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This volume owes its development to a confluence of circumstances, not least of which is the veritable explosion of scholarship on Amazonian languages that has taken place over the last several decades. Though the description and analysis... more
This volume owes its development to a confluence of circumstances, not least of which is the veritable explosion of scholarship on Amazonian languages that has taken place over the last several decades. Though the description and analysis of the 300 or so still-existing languages spoken in Amazonia1 is still far from comprehensive, repositories of linguistic and anthropological academic references, such as the Etnolinguistica web site, clearly reflect exponential growth in the field since the 1990s.2This same period of expanding academic focus on Amazonian languages also saw the rise of new language documentation efforts and
RESUMO: Este artigo investiga padrões de variação de ordem de constituintes em Kotiria (Wanano), língua Tukano Oriental do noroeste amazônico, demonstrando que a variação reflete funções gramaticais e pragmáticas que interagem nos níveis... more
RESUMO: Este artigo investiga padrões de variação de ordem de constituintes em Kotiria (Wanano), língua Tukano Oriental do noroeste amazônico, demonstrando que a variação reflete funções gramaticais e pragmáticas que interagem nos níveis da sentença e do discurso. Em sentenças, o posicionamento do argumento Sujeito, junto a sua realização lexical ou pronominal, codifica distinções de estrutura de informação e status como informação presumida/não-presumida, sendo assim mecanismo de reference-tracking. Em contraste, o posicionamento mais rígido de Objetos imediatamente antes do verbo e padrões de Marcação Diferencial de Objetos (Differential Object Marking-DOM), indicam um elo OV forte, que contribui para a interpretação sintática do constituinte O. Considerando o nível do discurso, a ordem é investigado à luz das noções de tópico e foco, que contribuem tanto a reference-tracking quanto à organização de saliência ao longo de trechos de discurso. Em Kotiria, ordem e realização lexical/...
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This article analyzes the use of several response particles in face-to-face interaction in Wa’ikhana, an East Tukano language of northwestern Amazonia. Adopting a Conversation Analysis approach, we explore details of each particle,... more
This article analyzes the use of several response particles in face-to-face interaction in Wa’ikhana, an East Tukano language of northwestern Amazonia. Adopting a Conversation Analysis approach, we explore details of each particle, considering their prosodic shapes, the action contexts in which they occur, and their sequential positioning, all crucial to understanding their meanings in interaction. Our analysis shows that Wa’ikhana response particles exhibit both universal and language-particular properties, thus demonstrating the contributions of data from lesser-studied languages to research on language in social interaction, and the value of an interactional approach in the study of under-described, and often endangered, indigenous languages.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------ANALISANDO PARTÍCULAS EM WA’IKHANAEste artigo analisa o uso de um conjunto de partículas responsivas em interação cotidiana em Wa’ikhana, língua da família Tukan...
Ao longo dos últimos vinte anos, duas associações indígenas do povo Kotiria (Wanano), da região do Alto Rio Negro, AM, vêm lutando pelo fortalecimento e manutenção de sua língua e cultura. A Associação da Escola Indígena Khumuno Wʉ’ʉ... more
Ao longo dos últimos vinte anos, duas associações indígenas do povo Kotiria (Wanano), da região do Alto Rio Negro, AM, vêm lutando pelo fortalecimento e manutenção de sua língua e cultura. A Associação da Escola Indígena Khumuno Wʉ’ʉ Kotiria (ASEKK), sediada na comunidade de Caruru-Cachoeira, promove atividades junto a cinco comunidades tradicionais na TI Alto Rio Negro, enquanto a Associação do Povo Kotiria (APOK) atua na cidade de São Gabriel da Cachoeira, AM, sede do município “mais indígena do Brasil”. Relatamos um pouco da história do protagonismo dessas organizações: suas preocupações, ações, desafios e conquistas, bem como das parcerias desenvolvidas na luta pelo reconhecimento e fortalecimento de seu patrimônio linguístico e identidade cultural.
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... Kristine Stenzel Federal University of Rio de Janeiro / Museu Nacional, Brazil kristine.stenzel@ colorado.edu / krstenzel@terra.com.br ... Patrilineal descent and identification with one&#x27;s father&#x27;s language group... more
... Kristine Stenzel Federal University of Rio de Janeiro / Museu Nacional, Brazil kristine.stenzel@ colorado.edu / krstenzel@terra.com.br ... Patrilineal descent and identification with one&#x27;s father&#x27;s language group (whether or not accompanied by de facto language use, as we will see ...
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Neste trabalho, examinamos a situação de contato linguístico Aruák/Tukano Oriental no noroeste amazônico e seus efeitos em línguas TO da sub-região do Uaupés. Consideramos também algumas hipóteses propostas em Aikhenvald 2002 quanto à... more
Neste trabalho, examinamos a situação de contato linguístico Aruák/Tukano Oriental no noroeste amazônico e seus efeitos em línguas TO da sub-região do Uaupés. Consideramos também algumas hipóteses propostas em Aikhenvald 2002 quanto à natureza da difusão em situações de contato (múltilaterial/unilateral, direta/indireta) e os resultados linguísticos (enriquecimento vs. empobrecimento /abandono de padrões).
This narrative tells of an episode in the personal life of Tomás Nogueira, a speaker of Wa’ikhana (or Piratapuyo, East Tukano family), a highly endangered and still little described language. The Wa’ikhana people live in northwest... more
This narrative tells of an episode in the personal life of Tomás Nogueira, a speaker of Wa’ikhana (or Piratapuyo, East Tukano family), a highly endangered and still little described language. The Wa’ikhana people live in northwest Amazonia, in villages in the Alto Rio Negro Indigenous Lands (Brazil) and neighboring Departamento de Vaupés (Colombia). Tomás’s tale presents us a good-humored account of a day when his hunting plans went wrong. Besides full interlinear analysis of the narrative, we off er background information about the Wa’ikhana people and a brief typological profile of the language, highlighting salient grammatical structures that can be observed throughout the narrative.
RESUMO Esta narrativa relata uma experiência pessoal de um falante de wa'ikhana (ou piratapuyo, família tukano oriental), língua ainda pouco descrita e altamente ameaçada. Os Wa'ikhana vivem no noroeste amazônico, em comunidades da TI Alto Rio Negro (Brasil) e no Departamento de Vaupés (Colômbia). A narrativa relata de forma bem-humorada um episódio na vida do narrador, Tomás Nogueira, sobre um dia de caçaria que não deu certo. Além da análise interlinear completa da narrativa, oferecemos informações sobre do povo wa'ikhana e um perfi l tipológico da língua, destacando características estruturais salientes que se apresentam ao longo da narrativa.
RESUMO Esta narrativa relata uma experiência pessoal de um falante de wa'ikhana (ou piratapuyo, família tukano oriental), língua ainda pouco descrita e altamente ameaçada. Os Wa'ikhana vivem no noroeste amazônico, em comunidades da TI Alto Rio Negro (Brasil) e no Departamento de Vaupés (Colômbia). A narrativa relata de forma bem-humorada um episódio na vida do narrador, Tomás Nogueira, sobre um dia de caçaria que não deu certo. Além da análise interlinear completa da narrativa, oferecemos informações sobre do povo wa'ikhana e um perfi l tipológico da língua, destacando características estruturais salientes que se apresentam ao longo da narrativa.
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Este artigo investiga propriedades sintáticas, semânticas e pragmáticas da construção que expressa a categoria de evidencialidade inferencial na língua Wa'ikhana (Tukano Oriental). A partir dos princípios da Gramática de Construções,... more
Este artigo investiga propriedades sintáticas, semânticas e pragmáticas da construção que expressa a categoria de evidencialidade inferencial na língua Wa'ikhana (Tukano Oriental). A partir dos princípios da Gramática de Construções, discutiremos a relação entre a forma e a função, mostrando que a função semântica da construção não é previsível a partir de suas partes componentes. Entretanto, é possível motivar as propriedades dessa construção ao relacioná-la com outras construções existentes na língua.
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This article discusses language practice, ideology, and identity construction among the Kotiria (East Tukano), an indigenous people of the multilingual Vaupés region in northwestern Amazonia. Based on detailed analysis of speech from a... more
This article discusses language practice, ideology, and identity construction among the Kotiria (East Tukano), an indigenous people of the multilingual Vaupés region in northwestern Amazonia. Based on detailed analysis of speech from a young Kotiria girl, it presents a case study of dissonance between reported language ideology — founded on the notion of 'linguistic loyalty' and presumably resulting in norms of monolingual speech — and actual language practice in this region. Drawing from current sociocultural linguistic theory on code-switching and multilingualism, it concludes that the alternations observed in this sample of spontaneous and unguarded speech cannot be explained by appealing to notions of difference, but are motivated by discourse-pragmatic considerations linked to previously unidentified connections between 'indexical ideology' and linguistic practice. Rather than looking for a divergence explanation for language alternation, it postulates a hybrid solution that indicates the existence of an as-yet unacknowledged 'multilingual' speech genre. It provides both a context-specific and data-driven look at language use in the multilingual Vaupés, and offers a theoretical contribution to our more general understanding of ideology and local speech practices in multilingual contexts.
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Collection of short stories and illustrations in Wa'ikhana (East Tukano family), produced during language-culture documentation workshops from 2005-2010 Coletânea de histórias e illustrações em Wa'ikhana (família Tukano Oriental),... more
Collection of short stories and illustrations in Wa'ikhana (East Tukano family), produced during language-culture documentation workshops from 2005-2010
Coletânea de histórias e illustrações em Wa'ikhana (família Tukano Oriental), produzida durante oficinas de documentação cultural e linguístico entre 2005 e 2010
Coletânea de histórias e illustrações em Wa'ikhana (família Tukano Oriental), produzida durante oficinas de documentação cultural e linguístico entre 2005 e 2010
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Bilingual (Kotiria-Portuguese) publication with 22 monographs written by graduates from the Kotiria Indigenous school, on aspects of Kotiria history, culture and knowledge. Coletânea bilingue (Kotiria-Português) de 22 monografias... more
Bilingual (Kotiria-Portuguese) publication with 22 monographs written by graduates from the Kotiria Indigenous school, on aspects of Kotiria history, culture and knowledge.
Coletânea bilingue (Kotiria-Português) de 22 monografias escritas por alunos formados na Escola Indígena Kotiria, trazendo pesquisas sobre tópicos da cultura, história e de conhecimentos dos Kotiria
Coletânea bilingue (Kotiria-Português) de 22 monografias escritas por alunos formados na Escola Indígena Kotiria, trazendo pesquisas sobre tópicos da cultura, história e de conhecimentos dos Kotiria
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This edited volume offers a collection of twelve interlinear texts reflecting the vast linguistic diversity of Amazonia as well as the rich verbal arts and oral literature traditions of Amazonian peoples. Contributions to the volume come... more
This edited volume offers a collection of twelve interlinear texts reflecting the vast linguistic diversity of Amazonia as well as the rich verbal arts and oral literature traditions of Amazonian peoples. Contributions to the volume come from a variety of geographic regions and represent the Carib, Jê, Tupi, East Tukano, Nadahup, and Pano language families, as well as three linguistic isolates. The selected texts exemplify a variety of narrative styles recounting the origins of constellations, crops, and sacred cemeteries, and of travel to worlds beyond death. We hear tales of tricksters and of encounters between humans and other beings, learn of battles between enemies, and gain insight into history and the indigenous perspective of creation, cordiality and confrontation. The contributions to this volume are the result of research efforts conducted since 2000, and as such, exemplify rapidly expanding investment and interest in documenting native Amazonian voices. They moreover demonstrate the collaborative efforts of linguists, anthropologists, and indigenous leaders, storytellers, and researchers to study and preserve Amazonian languages and cultures. Each chapter offers complete interlinear analysis as well as ample commentary on both linguistic and cultural aspects, appealing to a wide audience, including linguists, historians, anthropologists, and other social scientists. This collection is the first of its type, constituting a significant contribution to focused study of Amazonian linguistic diversity and a relevant addition to our broader knowledge of Amerindian languages and cosmologies. Media files complement the interlinear texts and are available for download.
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"Indigenous Languages: verbal arts" offers transcribed and analyzed texts in twelve Amerindian languages, together with reflection by indigenous researchers on tradition and innovation in verbal arts. Each contribution is is presented... more
"Indigenous Languages: verbal arts" offers transcribed and analyzed texts in twelve Amerindian languages, together with reflection by indigenous researchers on tradition and innovation in verbal arts. Each contribution is is presented with fully bilingual versions including ethnographic and sociolinguistic information as well as linguistic analysis, each contributing to our understanding and appreciation of cultural and linguistic diversity in this International Year of Indigenous Languages.
"Línguas indígenas: artes da palavra" traz doze textos transcritos de execuções orais originais em línguas ameríndias, bem como uma reflexão, por parte de pesquisadores indígenas, sobre tradição e inovação nas sus artes das palavras. Em versões bilíngues, com informações etnográficas, sociolinguísticas e análise linguística, cada texto da coletânea contribui para o conhecimento e a valorização da diversidade cultural e linguística neste Ano Internacional das Línguas Indígenas.
"Línguas indígenas: artes da palavra" traz doze textos transcritos de execuções orais originais em línguas ameríndias, bem como uma reflexão, por parte de pesquisadores indígenas, sobre tradição e inovação nas sus artes das palavras. Em versões bilíngues, com informações etnográficas, sociolinguísticas e análise linguística, cada texto da coletânea contribui para o conhecimento e a valorização da diversidade cultural e linguística neste Ano Internacional das Línguas Indígenas.
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The Upper Rio Negro region is remarkable not only for its high linguistic and ethnic diversity, but also for the history of multilingualism and cultural interchange that have brought its peoples together. The fourteen chapters of this... more
The Upper Rio Negro region is remarkable not only for its high linguistic and ethnic diversity, but also for the history of multilingualism and cultural interchange that have brought its peoples together. The fourteen chapters of this volume investigate this interaction, drawing on the insights provided by the languages and cultures of the region, and exploring how the Upper Rio Negro profile has been shaped by forces promoting both similarity and difference. The collection draws on the growing dialogue between linguists and anthropologists, and emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to questions that involve both language and culture.
Companion volume to Alto Xingu, uma Sociedade Multilíngue (Franchetto, 2011), both available for download on the Museunacional link.
Companion volume to Alto Xingu, uma Sociedade Multilíngue (Franchetto, 2011), both available for download on the Museunacional link.