A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee - (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians) by Jack B Martin & Margaret McKane Mauldin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"This book represents what may be the optimal collaboration for work on Creek, between a linguist . . . and a native speaker. . . . The compilers of this dictionary have done a splendid job, providing maps, pictures, and illustrations that enhance the pleasure of consulting it."--Anthropological Linguistics

A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee is the standard reference work for the Creek language.

The result of more than ten years of research, A Dictionary of Creek/Muskogee draws on the expertise of a linguist and a native Creek speaker to yield the first modern dictionary of the Creek language of the southeastern United States. The dictionary contains over seven thousand Creek-English entries, over four thousand English-Creek entries, and over four hundred Creek place names in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Oklahoma.

The volume also includes illustrations, a map, antonyms, dialects, stylistic information, word histories, and other useful reference material. Entries are given in both the traditional Creek spelling and a modern phonemic transcription.

Review Quotes

"Most valuable from a lexicographic perspective is the care taken by the authors to use the widest variety of written sources containing significant Creek lexical materials. . . . Designed to satisfy the needs of learners, native users, and professional linguists alike, this dictionary will serve as an authoritative reference on the Creek lexicon for years to come."--Edward J. Vajda, Language

"Any tribe that is considering publishing a language dictionary would do well to browse this book as a possible model for the format."--American Indian Libraries

"This book represents what may be the optimal collaboration for work on Creek, between a linguist . . . and a native speaker. . . . The compilers of this dictionary have done a splendid job, providing maps, pictures, and illustrations that enhance the pleasure of consulting it."--Anthropological Linguistics

About the Author

Jack B. Martin is an associate professor of English at the College of William and Mary and a specialist in southeastern Native languages. Margaret McKane Mauldin is an instructor of Creek at the University of Oklahoma.