Siri Tuttle
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Siri Tuttle | |
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 Tuttle at the International Conference of Language Documentation and Conservation in Manoa | |
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| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Athabaskan languages |
| Institutions | Alaska Native Language Center |
Siri Tuttle is the former director of the Alaska Native Language Center, the Alaska Native Language Archive, and a former Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.[1] She specializes in Dene (Athabascan) languages of interior Alaska and has contributed to the fields of acoustic phonetics, phonology, and morphology.
Biography
[edit]Tuttle started working an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2003.[1] She specializes in Dene (Athabascan) languages of interior Alaska and has contributed to the fields of acoustic phonetics, phonology, and morphology. In 2016, Tuttle was named director of the Alaska Native Language Archive.[2] She retired from the University of Alaska in 2021.[3] In 2023 she was appointed Professor of Navajo Linguistics at Navajo Technical University.[4] where she is helping to create a doctoral program.[5]
Research
[edit]Tuttle is active in Lower Tanana language revitalization efforts, and has published reference materials such as the Benhti Kokht’ana Kenaga’: Lower Tanana Pocket Dictionary.[6] She is well known for her documentary and descriptive language work in Lower Tanana and Ahtna, and has also conducted linguistic fieldwork in New Mexico, California, and Arizona.[7][8]
Publications
[edit]- (2009) Tuttle, Siri. Ahtna Athabascan Grammar Reference. Chistochina: Mount Sanford Tribal Consortium.
- (2009) Tuttle, Siri. Benhti Kokht’ana Kenaga’: Lower Tanana Pocket Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center. ISBN 978-1555001001
- (1997). Hargus, Sharon and Siri Tuttle. "Augmentation as Affixation in Athabaskan Languages". Phonology 14:2, 177-220. JSTOR 4420100
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Home | Alaska Native Language Archive". www.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Tuttle named Alaska Native Language Archive director | Elmer E. Rasmuson Library". library.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Walkie Charles to lead Alaska Native Language Center". 27 July 2021.
- ^ "School of Graduate Studies & Research Faculty". Navajo Technical University. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Kunze, Jenna (2023-03-27). "Navajo Technical University Launches First Tribal College Ph.D Program". Native News Online. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Tuttle, Siri (2009). Benhti Kokht'ana Kenaga': Lower Tanana Pocket Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- ^ "CoLang Instructors - Siri Tuttle | Projects with Native American Languages of the Southwest | Linguistics & TESOL | UT Arlington". www.uta.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "LSA 2009". lsa2009.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-06.
External links
[edit]- Curriculum Vitae [1]
- Sustainable Heritage Network: Language Work and Language Collections
- ^ Siri G. Tuttle (6 April 2016). "Curriculum Vitae: Siri G. Tuttle" (PDF). University of Alaska Fairbanks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2025.