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Laurestine Bradford field notes, recordings and related materials for Tlingit language, 2024-2025

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Bradford, Laurestine
Title
Laurestine Bradford field notes, recordings and related materials for Tlingit language
Dates
2024-2025 (inclusive)
Quantity
46.5 gigabytes, (309 files)
Collection Number
2696-207-01
Summary
Recordings of linguistic elicitation sessions with Tlingit elders
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access. Digital files are available for preview in Special Collections' Reading Room; advanced notice is required.

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Languages
English
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Biographical Note

As of 2025, Laurestine Bradford was a PhD candidate at the McGill University Department of Linguistics in Montreal and is working to profile the aspectual classes of the Tlingit language. She also holds degrees in Linguistics, Mathematics, and Philosophy from the University of Toronto. She has authored several papers, including "Repeated partial events create conative interpretations in Tlingit," "Conativity as repeated beginning in Tlingit pluractional verbs," and "Large Subsets of Euclidean Space Avoiding Infinite Arithmetic Progressions."

Source: https://laurestine.github.io/, accessed November 24, 2025

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Content Description

Recordings of linguistic elicitation sessions with Tlingit elders, consisting of sentences and stories designed to elicit grammatical constructions regarding active and passive voice, repetitive action, incomplete action, and related notions. Includes PDF scans of handwritten notes by Laurestine Bradford and Zlata Odribets (one PDF document per researcher; 2 total), stereo audio recordings of all elicitation sessions (37 WAV files), and photographs of whiteboards with elicited data recorded during the elicitation session (267 PNG files, in folders organized by elicitation session).

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Historical Note

Laurestine Bradford and Zlata Odribets received a Jacobs Research Fund Group grant in 2024 and 2025.

Researcher Laurestine Bradford met with consultant Anyàłashâsh Sam Johnston in Teslin, YT for 2-4.5 hours per day during eight weekdays from July 8th to 17th, 2024. Consultant Shuwuteen Margaret Bob was present during the elicitation sessions on July 15-17th. The project aimed to investigate the range of meanings of Tlingit pluractional suffixes, gaining key data to support our analysis of how the observed meanings arise predictably from systematic combinations.

Researcher Zlata Odribets met with native Tlingit speaker Khudaxhghaaháa Ben Jackson and Tlingit language learner Xwanlein Virginia Oliver, in Wrangell, Alaska, for 2-4.5 hours per day during eight weekdays from July 31st to August 9th, 2024. Elicitations with Mr. Jackson focused on the different functions of the d- prefix in Tlingit verbs, such as its use in subject-/object-suppressing constructions and reflexives/reciprocals. The researchers were able to gain a deeper understanding of the functions of the d- classifier and is facilitating the development of a theory of its use. Additionally, continuing Researcher Bradford's investigations, Researcher Odribets elicited some data on an uncommon pluractional suffix with Mr. Jackson.

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Other Descriptive Information

Forms part of the Jacobs Research Funds linguistic research collection.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

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Administrative Information

Acquisition Information

Donated by Laurestine Bradford, February 15, 2025.

Processing Note

All digital files are arranged in their original order: by researcher and then in chronological order, including the name of any Tlingit elder participants.

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Detailed Description of the Collection


2025

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