Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1973 - 6/30/1974

Funding Totals

$11,250.00 (approved)
$11,250.00 (awarded)


A Study of Language Change and Culture History of the Iroquois Indians

FAIN: FB-11690-73

Nancy L. Bonvillain
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI 48824-3407)

To study the Linguistic endoculture history of the Iroquoian-speaking Indians, with special reference to the Mohawk. Special attention will be given lexical and semantic changes which resulted from Indian contact with European languages.