TWO EIGHTS MAKE SIXTEEN BEADS: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ETHNOGRAPHY IN LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION.

While analyses of numerals typically focus on presenting morphological and phonological data as well as on comparative historical analyses of the numeral systems of related languages, numerals are rarely analyzed as indices of the kinds of cultural information seen in such semantic fields as, e.g., kinship terminology. On the contrary, an examination of the two counting systems of Elem Pomo reveals a network of sociocultural connections. This paper presents an analysis of these two systems and suggests that locating the data gained through an in-depth linguistic analysis within their proper sociocultural context can both clarify an understanding of these two counting systems and inform language planning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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