Workshop in Honor of Ken Hale, University of New Mexico, Department of Linguistics
Saturday March 8, 2008
8:30-9 a.m. - Welcome
9 - 10 a.m. - Elena Benedicto (Purdue University) “At the Intersection of Linguistic Research and Community Empowerment” Read by Ricard Vinas
10 - 11 a.m. - Ellavina Perkins (Navajo Language Academy) “Navajo Passive”
11 - 11:15 p.m. - Break
11:15 - 12:15 p.m. - MaryAnn Willie (University of Arizona) “Navajo Plurals”
Lunch Break
1:45 - 2:45 p.m. - Peggy Speas (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Ellavina Perkins (Navajo Language Academy), and Theodore B. Fernald (Swarthmore College) “Categories of Quantification in Navajo”
2:45 - 3 p.m. - Gloria Emerson (Diné College, Shiprock) “Acknowledging Ken Hale’s Influence in Applied Linguistics and Education”
3 - 3:15 p.m. - Break
3:15-4:15 p.m. - Ofelia Zepeda (University of Arizona) “The Issue of Documentation of Native American Languages with an Eye Toward Revitalization”
4:15-5 p.m. - Paul Platero (University of New Mexico) “Negative Polarity in Navajo”
5 - 8 p.m. - Dinner
Alternate: Theodore B. Fernald (Swarthmore College) and Ellavina Perkins (Navajo Language Academy) “Complements, Modifiers, and Coordinate Structures”