PREFACE 



Data for this monograph were collected at intervals from 1954 

 through 1961 mider the auspices of the Summer Institute of 

 Linguistics. Much of the phonological material first appeared in 

 my master's thesis and the grammatical material in my doctor's 

 dissertation, both prepared at the University of New Mexico (1958 

 and 1960) under the supervision of Stanley S. Newman. Sincere 

 thanks are due the latter for his understanding guidance and for the 

 many hours of consultation spared from his busy schedule. 



Many features of the language as recorded in this paper are shared 

 with the other Keresan dialects, among which Santa Ana is rather 

 centrally located both geographically and linguistically. While much 

 remains to be done in adequately describing Keresan linguistic 

 structure, it is hoped that this analysis will be found worthy of a place 

 among the contributions to our knowledge of a heretofore little-known 

 language. The analysis almost can be said to be that of an idiolect 

 rather than a dialect. It is based largely on data obtained from one 

 informant, a middle-aged man whose mother tongue is that of the 

 Santa Ana Pueblo. I am deeply indebted to him for the endless 

 hours which he spent in patiently supplying the material without 

 which this work would have been impossible. 



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