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Hans Christoph Wolfart (born 1943) is a German-born Canadian researcher, editor, translator and Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the
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. He is a graduate of the
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(''German:'' Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) as well as
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. He completed a PhD in 1969 at
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,Linguistics at Manitoba: H.C. Wolfart
/ref> and has since written and edited a corpus of over one hundred books, articles, and reference grammars. In 2008, John D. Nichols and Arden C. Ogg edited a collection of Algonquian and Iroquoian language studies in honour of Wolfart. Wolfart was made a Fellow of the
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in 1995, and his 1973 thesis is still considered the definitive work of Plains Cree grammar.Another good Anthropologist: H.C. Wolfart , That Môniyâw Linguist
/ref> Over the last 20 years, Wolfart has recorded, transcribed and edited a host of culturally significant texts by Cree elders. Some of his students have included Cree linguist and cultural preservationist Freda Ahenakew, and authority on the
Algonquian languages The Algonquian languages ( ; also Algonkian) are a family of Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group. The name of the Algonquian language family is distinguished from ...
David Pentland.


Selected bibliography

*''Plains Cree: A Grammatical Study.'' American Philosophical Society, Transactions, n.s., vol. 63, pt. 5. Philadelphia, 1973. acsimile reprint, [Saskatoon: Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College, ca. 1982*''Meet Cree: A Guide to the Cree Language'' with J.F. Carroll. Revised Edition. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press / Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 1981. *''pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik / Talking Animals'' Told by L. Beardy. Edited and translated by H.C. Wolfart. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 5, 1988. *''kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers' Lives, as Told in Their Own Words.'' Told by Glecia Bear et al. Edited and translated by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1992. [facsimile reprint, with new preface: Canadian Plains Reprint Series, Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina, 1998] *''kinêhiyâwiwininaw nêhiyawêwin / The Cree Language is Our Identity: The La Ronge Lectures of Sarah Whitecalf.'' Edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & F. Ahenakew. Publications of the Algonquian Text Society / Collection de la Société d’édition de textes algonquiens. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1993. *''kwayask ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik / Their Example Showed Me the Way: A Cree Woman's Life Shaped by Two Cultures.'' Told by Emma Minde. Edited, translated and with a glossary by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1997. *''ana kâ-pimwêwêhahk okakêskihkêmowina / The Counselling Speeches of Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw.'' Edited, translated and with a glossary by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Publications of the Algonquian Text Society / Collection de la Société d’édition de textes algonquiens. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1998. *''The Student's Dictionary of Literary Plains Cree, Based on Contemporary Texts.'' with F. Ahenakew. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 15, 1998. *''âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy / They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew.'' Edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew. Publications of the Algonquian Text Society / Collection de la Société d'édition de textes algonquiens. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2000.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wolfart, H. Christoph 1943 births Canadian editors Canadian people of German descent 20th-century Canadian male writers 20th-century Canadian translators Cornell University alumni Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Linguists of Algic languages Linguists from Canada Living people University of Freiburg alumni Academic staff of the University of Manitoba Yale University alumni