JOURNAL 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. 9 JUNE 19, 1919 No. 12 



ANTHROPOLOGY. — -Two proto-Algonquian phonetic shifts. 

 Truman Michelson, Bureau of American Ethnology.^ 



The following paper will eventually appear in elaborated form 

 in the International Journal of American Linguistics, so that this 

 presentation is to be regarded as an abstract. Hence it is that 

 the proofs are given concisely, and certain unimportant details 

 are passed over. 



Some years ago^ I pointed out that in Fox the interchange of 

 -aw- and -0- was of regular occurrence. At the time it escaped 

 me that -aw- and -a- also interchanged; and that whether -0- 

 or -a- interchanged with -aw- was dependent on the particular 

 consonants that immediately followed. Examples are: d'wapi- 

 witA.'mawaHc'''' "then he began telling them," kewltAmon'''' "I tell 

 thee," nfwltAmdg^'^''' "he will tell me," neme'tciwitAmd' gundn""^ 

 "he told us (excl.) plainly;" pe'se'tawin"*' "listen thou to me," 

 krpe"setdn"' "I shall hsten to thee," nl'pe'setag'""'" "he will 

 listen to me;" d'tota'wiyAn'^'' "the way you (sing.) treated me," 

 d'td'tondn"*' "the way I treated you (sing.)," dHo'tdguHd' 

 "the way he was treated by;" d'ponine' 'kawdHc' "then he ceased 

 pursuing them," kl' pemi'ne' kdn""^' "I shall pursue thee," 

 ^^wiw^^fea'^o""^' "he was pursued," Acd'Ani pemi'ne'kdg^'^'^' "he 

 was pursued by the Sioux;" kene' ckina'wipen^'" "you hate us," 

 kene'ckino'n"'' "I hate thee," kene'ckindgo'g''' "they hate thee;" 

 kVpydtawip'^^" "you will bring it to me," kepydtonep''"'^' "I 

 bring it to you," d'pydtoHc'' "when he brings it," pydtof' "if 

 he brings it," kVpydtdgog'''^ "they will bring it to thee;" 



1 Printed with permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 * This Journal 4: 403, 404. 1914. 



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