|  |  Department of Indian Languages, Literatures & LinguisticsArok Wolvengrey Department Head, Associate Professor Linguistics Program Coordinator B.A. Hons. University of Saskatchewan M.A. University of Manitoba Ph.D. (a.b.d.) University of Amsterdam – in progress Contact Phone: (306) 790-5950, ext. 3310 Fax: (306) 790-5995 Areas of Specialization/Research Interests - Cree Language Studies, Literacy, and Linguistics
- Syntax and Morpho-Syntax
- Algonquian Language Family
- Cree Online Dictionary – visit www.creedictionary.com
Recent publications -
How to Spell it in Cree. Jean Okimâsis and Arok Wolvengrey. Regina: miywâsin ink, 2008. -
wawiyatâcimowinisa = Funny Little Stories (narrated by Cree-speaking students, instructors, and Elders; transcribed and translated by Cree linguistics students; edited and with a glossary and syllabics by Arok Wolvengrey). Memoir 1, First Nations Language Readers. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007. - “êkosi wî-ispayin. (kwayâciho!): Prospective Aspect in the Western Dialects of Cree.” International Journal of American Linguistics, vol 73 (2006), no. 3:397-407.
- “Aboriginal Languages of Saskatchewan.” 7-9 in Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2005.
- “Inversion and the Absence of Grammatical Relations in Plains Cree.” 419-455 in Casper de Groot and Kees Hengeveld, eds, Morphosyntactic Expression in Functional Grammar (Functional Grammar Series 27). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005.
- “Jean Okimâsis.” 97-99 in Christian Thompson, ed., Saskatchewan First Nations: Lives Past and Present. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2004.
- “The Function and Word Order of Plains Cree Demonstratives.” Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics 28 (2003), no.2:22-25.
- nêhiýawêwin: itwêwina / Cree: Words. Volume 1 (Cree-English) & Volume 2 (English-Cree). Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2001.
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