Linguistics and Academics

Linguistics is sometimes thought of as separate from language learning, but there are several linguistics articles about Iñupiaq or education articles that are worth reading to learn more about Iñupiaq. Some of these are freely available online and some are in print.

Available online

Agentive and Patientive Verb Bases in North Alaskan Inupiaq by Tadataka Nagai
A Guide to Alaska Native Language Materials by James Sinard
A Grammar of Inupiaq Morphosyntax by Linda Lanz
Alaska Native Languages: Past Present & Future by Michael Krauss
An Optional Ingredient in your Iñupiaq Sentence by Signe Rix Berthelin
Consonant Alternation in Inupiaq by Lawrence Kaplan
Evaluation of the North Slope Inupiaq Language Immersion Program by Howard Ebmeier, et al.
Inupiaq and the Schools: A Handbook for Teachers by Lawrence Kaplan
Kobuk Inupiaq Literacy Manual by Lawrence Kaplan
Language Contact on Both Sides of the Bering Strait by Michael Krauss
Negotiating the languages of landscape: place naming and language shift in an Inupiaq community by Elizabeth Marino
Nonparametric Model for Inupiaq Morphology Tokenization by Thui Linh Nguyen + Stephan Vogel
Phonological Issues in North Alaskan Inupiaq by Lawrence Kaplan
Strengthening cultural identity through Iḷisaġvik College’s Iñupiaq Studies program: Resconstruction and the Iñupiaq Studies framework by Niayuq Jerica Aamodt

Available in print

“Almost Every Place, Every Rock had a Name: A Consideration of Placename Density on King Island, Alaska by Deanna Paniattaaq Kingston
Bibligraphy of Educational Publications for Alaska Native Languages by Jane McGary
Inuit-Yupik-Unangax Bibliography by Anna Berge
Inupiaq Identity and Inupiaq language: Does one entail the other? by Lawrence Kaplan
Inupiaq Narratives: Interactions of Demonstratives, Tense & Aspect by Edna MacLean
Palatalization & “strong i” across Inuit dialects by Richard Compton and B. Elan Drescher
Qawiaraq Inupiaq: a clue to the origin of consonant palatalization in Alaskan Inuit by Lawrence Kaplan
Seward Peninsula Inupiaq and language contact around Bering Strait by Lawrence Kaplan