William O. Bright

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William O. Bright is affiliated with the following schools: University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Colorado

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According to Wikipedia, William Oliver Bright was an American linguist and toponymist who specialized in Native American and South Asian languages and descriptive linguistics. Biography Bright earned a bachelor's degree in linguistics in 1949 and a doctorate in the same field in 1955, both from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a professor of linguistics and anthropology at UCLA from 1959 to 1988. He then moved to the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he remained on the faculty until his death.

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The World's Writing Systems (1997) (546)
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (1993) (209)
The Blackwell encyclopedia of writing systems By Florian Coulmas (review) (2015) (156)
One Language, Two Scripts: The Hindi Movement in Nineteenth Century North India (1995) (153)
The Karok Language (1958) (93)
The linguistic atlas of the Upper Midwest (1979) (81)
A Matter of Typology: Alphasyllabaries and Abugidas (1999) (75)
The Yurok language : grammar, texts, lexicon (1959) (73)
Census of India 1961 (1968) (45)
Language and Music: Areas for Cooperation (1963) (42)
A Coyote Reader (1992) (41)
The Papers of John Peabody Harrington in the Smithsonian Institution (1983) (41)
American Indian linguistics and literature (1984) (32)
Sociolinguistics : proceedings of the UCLA Sociolinguistics Conference, 1964 (1985) (29)
The Japanese Language in Contemporary Japan: Some Sociolinguistic Observations (1977) (29)
Native American Placenames of the United States (2004) (27)
The Sociolinguistics of the “S–Word” : Squaw in American Placenames (2000) (25)
What IS a Name? Reflections on Onomastics * (2003) (22)
"With One Lip, With Two Lips"; Parallelism in Nahuatl. (1990) (21)
Language variation in South Asia (1993) (21)
Social Dialect and Language History (1960) (18)
A Luiseño Dictionary (1968) (18)
Semantic Structures in Northwestern California and the Sapir‐Whorf Hypothesis1 (2009) (15)
A Karok Myth in "Measured Verse": the Translation of a Performance (1979) (14)
Linguistic Innovations in Karok (1952) (14)
Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians (1993) (14)
From Latin American Publications (1961) (12)
Linguistic and Literary Studies in Honor of Archibald A. Hill, I: General and Theoretical Linguistics (1978) (11)
Notes on Hispanisms (1979) (9)
Glottochronologic Counts of Hokaltecan Material (1956) (9)
The linguistics of Southeast Chiapas, Mexico (1988) (9)
Zarina Estrada Fernández et al., Diccionario yaqui-español y textos: Obra de preservación lingüística (2006) (9)
Phonological Rules in Literary and Colloquial Kannada (1970) (9)
Sociology of secret languages (1979) (9)
Language, Social Stratification, and Cognitive Orientation* (1966) (9)
A Dravidian Etymological Dictionary: Supplement (1969) (9)
Contextualizing a grammar (2006) (8)
Reduction Rules in Fox Kinship (1966) (8)
Linguistics in North America (1973) (8)
The Japanese language in contemporary Japan: Some sociolinguistic observations By Roy Andrew Miller (review) (2015) (8)
Animals of acculturation in the California Indian languages (1986) (8)
Counsel from the Ancients: A Study of Badaga Proverbs, Prayers, Omens and Curses (1989) (8)
The World Atlas of Language Structures. Edited by Martin Haspelmath, Matthew S. Dryer, David Gil, and Bernard Comrie. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xv + 695, with cd‐rom. £295.00. (2007) (7)
On the Study of Names (2001) (7)
Studies in Californian linguistics (1964) (7)
On Linguistic Unrelatedness (1970) (6)
Central and North American Languages (1929) (1990) (6)
An outline of colloquial Kannada (1960) (6)
The History of the Cahuilla Sound System (1965) (5)
The Problem of Noun Incorporation in American Indian Languages (1911) (1990) (5)
Variation and Change in Language: Essays (1976) (5)
A Note on the Southwestern Words for Cat (1960) (5)
INTRODUCTION: THE DIMENSIONS OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS (1985) (5)
HISPANISMS IN SOUTHWEST INDIAN LANGUAGES. (2000) (5)
A Glossary of Native American Toponyms and Ethnonyms from the Lewis and Clark Journals (2004) (4)
'Accent' in Classical Aztec (1960) (4)
Southern Paiute and Ute : linguistics and ethnography (1992) (4)
Linguistic and literary studies in honor of Archibald A. Hill, I: general and theoretical linguistics Edited by Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Edgar C. Polomé and Werner Winter (review) (2015) (4)
Ethnologue: Languages of the world Ed. by Barbara F. Grimes, and: Index to the Tenth edition of Ethnologue: Languages of the world Ed. by Barbara F. Grimes (review) (2015) (4)
Coyote's Journey (2009) (4)
Studies in the Indus valley inscriptions (1981) (4)
A history of palaihnihan phonology (1965) (4)
Social Factors in Language Change : The Handbook of Sociolinguistics : Blackwell (2008) (3)
Collected Papers 1912-1973 (1978) (3)
Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference, 1975 (1977) (3)
Sing without shame : oral traditions in Indo-Portuguese Creole verse : with transcription and analysis of a nineteenth-century manuscript of Ceylon Portuguese (1992) (3)
North American Indian Language Contact (1976) (3)
Will C. Barnes' Arizona Place Names (1962) (3)
Small Linguistic Societies from a Global Perspective (1992) (2)
American Linguistics: A Western View (1980) (2)
The Orations of St Athanasius Against the Arians: According to the Benedictine Text (2)
Classic American Graffiti (1979) (2)
Classification and index of the world's languages By C. F. and F. M. Voegelin (review) (2015) (2)
The virtues of illiteracy (1985) (2)
Native American Placenames in the Louisiana Purchase (2003) (2)
SALA: South Asian Languages Analysis, no. 1 (1981) (2)
Some Place Names on the Klamath River (1952) (2)
A Bibliography of the Publications of Harry Hoijer through 1963 (1964) (2)
Resources for Applied Linguists and Teacher Educators@@@Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics@@@The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language@@@The Linguistics Encyclopedia@@@International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (1994) (2)
The Dravidian Scripts (1997) (2)
The Aztec Triangle: Three-Way Language Contact in New Spain (1992) (2)
A Sketch of Comparative Dravidian Morphology: Part One (1977) (2)
A Bibliography of the Hokan-Coahuiltecan Languages (1955) (2)
R. E. Asher & T. C. Kumari, Malayalam. (Descriptive grammars.) London & New York: Routledge, 1997. Pp. xxvi, 491. (1999) (2)
The Editor's department (2015) (1)
Bibliography of the languages of native California : including closely related languages of adjacent areas (1986) (1)
Henry Rogers,Writing systems: A linguistic approach (2005) (1)
Native American Placenames of the Southwest: A Handbook for Travelers (2013) (1)
American Indian placenames in the United States (2003) (1)
Kaibab Paiute Ethnographic Field Notes (1992) (1)
On American Indian Languages from Latin American Publications (1963) (1)
Publications of the Summer Institute of Linguistics (1964) (1)
The Collected Works of Edward Sapir. Volume V: American Indian Languages I (1992) (1)
THE FIRST HOKAN CONFERENCE: CONCLUSIONS (1976) (1)
LINGUISTICS: A Functional View of Language. Andre Martinet (1964) (1)
American Indian Languages 1 (1990) (1)
The Urdu writing system (1958) (1)
Luiseño Phonemics (1965) (1)
Murray B. Emeneau (2006) (1)
International Journal of American Linguistics-Native American Texts Series (1981) (1)
Materials Relating to Sapir's Classification of North American Indian Languages (1920) (1990) (1)
Linguistics: Newe Natekwinappeh: Shoshoni Stories and Dictionary. WICK R. MILLER (1974) (1)
NOTE (2000) (1)
Poetic structures in a Nahuatl narrative (1998) (1)
A Summer in Japan (1999) (1)
Now You're Speaking Karuk (1993) (1)
Field notes on languages of northwestern California (1952) (1)
1983 Mid-America Linguistics Conference Papers (1986) (1)
Sauvel and Elliott: 'Isill Héqwas Wáxish: A Dried Coyote's Tail (2005) (1)
Dialect Survey of Malayalam (Ezhava-Tiiya) (1978) (1)
Some Fundamental Characteristics of the Ute Language (1910) (1990) (0)
Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference, 1975 Edited by Michael K. Foster (review) (2015) (0)
Christopher Moseley & R. E. Asher (eds.), Atlas of the world's languages . London & New York: Routledge, 1994 Pp. viii, 372 [incl. 113 maps]. Hb $599.95. (1995) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 15. Rattlesnake as Story-teller (1992) (0)
28. Notes On Hispanisms: California (2000) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 12. Rat Invites the Deer and Mountain Sheep to a Round Dance (1992) (0)
1500 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, A Revised version of 1000 California Place Names by Erwin G. Gudde, Third edition (1998) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 9. Chipmunk Deceives the Giant (1992) (0)
Karok mákkay < Scottish McKay (2013) (0)
Linguistic Publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology (1917) (1990) (0)
Some Orthographic Recommendations (1934) (1990) (0)
Photo of Philip Kahclamat (1990) (0)
Biographical Memoirs: Murray Barnson Emeneau (2008) (0)
Book Review:Enciclopedia Bororo. Volume I, Vocabularios e Etnografia Cesar Albisetti, Angelo Jayme Venturelli (1966) (0)
Turner Jubilee. Sukumar Sen (1960) (0)
Karuk Language Lessons - William Bright (1982) (0)
APPENDIX. Supplementary Upper Chinookan Texts (collected by FRANZ BOAS) (1990) (0)
LINGUISTICS: Readings in the Sociology of Language. Joshua A. Fishman (1969) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 5. Sparrow Hawk and Gray Hawk Contend for a Woman (1992) (0)
American Indian Grammatical Categories (1938) (1990) (0)
Wishram Texts and Ethnography (1990) (0)
Post-Basic Training in South Asian Languages (1960) (0)
Report of the Committee on Phonetic Transcription of Indian Languages (1916) (1990) (0)
The Origin of the Name "Cahuilla" (1977) (0)
I. Myths. Part 2 (1990) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 7. The Theft of Fire (1992) (0)
Now You're Speaking - Karuk! (2nd edition Booklet) (1993) (0)
Idiomatic usages (§62) (1992) (0)
Latin American Publications (1963) (0)
INTRODUCTION, on the Life of St. Athanasius (2014) (0)
IV. Non-Mythical Narratives (1990) (0)
IV. At!at!a'Å‚ia Stories (1990) (0)
R. E. Asher (ed.), The encyclopedia of language and linguistics. 10 vols. Oxford: Pergamon, 1994. Pp. xlvii + 5644. (1994) (0)
Inyo Redux (2000) (0)
I. Myths. Part 1 (1990) (0)
From Latin American Publications (1964) (0)
Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone grammar By Jon P. Dayley, and: Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone dictionary By Jon P. Dayley (review) (2015) (0)
Now You're Speaking—Karuk (Araráhih—the People's Language) (1993) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 14. Eagle as Suitor (1992) (0)
In Honor of Mary Haas: From the Haas Festival Conference on Native American Linguistics (1990) (0)
Robbins Burling, Man's many voices: language in its cultural context . New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Pp. xi + 222. (1972) (0)
I. Myths. Part 3 (1990) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 18. Coyote and his Daughters (1992) (0)
Book Review:Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Linguists Horace G. Lunt (1965) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 16. Owl's Widow's Experiences with Skunk, Badger, and Hawk (1992) (0)
Books Briefly Noted (1965) (0)
Pronouns (§ § 38–46) (1992) (0)
Central Hill Nisenan Texts With Grammatical Sketch (review) (2001) (0)
Book Review:Publicacoes do Museu Nacional: Serie Linguistica Especial, No. 1 (1963) (0)
V. Miscellaneous Myths (1990) (0)
Gregory L. Possehl, Indus age: The writing system (1998) (0)
The Status of Washo (1917) (1990) (0)
Prefixes (§ § 20–22) (1992) (0)
A survey of materials for the study of the uncommonly taught languages By Dora E. Johnson et al. (review) (2015) (0)
Paul V. Kroskrity, Rosalie Bethel, & Jennifer F. Reynolds, Taitaduhaan: Western Mono ways of speaking. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. (CD-ROM) (2003) (0)
From Latin American Publications (1961) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 6. Coyote Sets the Parturition Customs (1992) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 10. Coyote unsuccessfully Imitates Carrion Beetle (1992) (0)
American languages. (1980) (0)
Waymarks in Church History (2009) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 2. How the "Cry" Originated (1992) (0)
Edward Sapir: Appraisals of His Life and Work@@@New Perspectives in Language, Culture, and Personality: Proceedings of the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference (1991) (0)
Male and Female Forms of Speech in Yana (1929) (1990) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 13. The Badger People Wage War against Wolf and Coyote (1992) (0)
Written and spoken language : Contrasts and relationships (1997) (0)
Namenforschung: Ein internationales Handbuch zur Onomastik/Name Studies: An International Handbook of Onomastics/Les noms propres: Manuel International d'onomastique (1997) (0)
Introduction to Volumes V and VI (1990) (0)
II. PAIUTE NON-MYTHICAL TEXTS (1992) (0)
Linguistic Relationship and Territory (1990) (0)
Derivative and formal suffixes (§ § 23–37) (1992) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 17. Coyote and Porcupine (1992) (0)
Murray Barnson Emeneau (2008) (0)
Introduction to the Karuk Language and Systems of Transcribing the Karuk Language (1982) (0)
Karuk Indian Myths. John P. Harrington (1977) (0)
Publications in Latin American Languages (1964) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 1. Wolf and his Brother (1992) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 8. Iron-Clothes (1992) (0)
Sauvel and Elliott (2005) (0)
Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Grammar@@@Tümpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Dictionary@@@Tumpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Grammar@@@Tumpisa (Panamint) Shoshone Dictionary (1991) (0)
Part Two: Studies in American Indian Oral Literatures (1984) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 4. The Origin of People (1992) (0)
From European Publications (1961) (0)
The Law of Faith (2009) (0)
Northern Ute Ethnographic Field Notes, 1909 (1992) (0)
The Life of Our Language: Kaqchikel Maya Maintenance, Shift, and Revitalization. By Susan Garzon, R. McKenna Brown, Julia Becker Richards, and Wuqu’ Ajpub’. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998. Pp. xvi + 239. (2005) (0)
Latin American Publications (1962) (0)
Dr. Sapir's Data on Washo and Hokan (1919) (1990) (0)
Publications in Anthropological Linguistics (1964) (0)
Algonkin p and s in Cheyenne (1913) (1990) (0)
Crow Texts. Robert H. LowieCrow Word Lists: Crow-English and English-Crow Vocabularies. Robert H. Lowie (1961) (0)
Shirley Silver & Wick R. Miller, American Indian languages: Cultural and social contexts. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 1997. Pp. xxi, 433. Hb $60.00. (1999) (0)
From Anglo American Publications (1961) (0)
Phonology (§ § 2–16) (1992) (0)
Bibliography of the languages of native California (1982) (0)
Religious Practises and Beliefs (1990) (0)
Frontispiece: Edward Sapir, 1909 (1992) (0)
The Hokan and Coahuiltecan Languages (1920) (1990) (0)
Le virtu dell'analfabetismo (1982) (0)
Chapters Of Early English Church History (2006) (0)
A series of notes, directed against a form of Sabellianism (2014) (0)
Frontispiece: Edward Sapir (1990) (0)
Characteristic Traits of the Yana Language of California (1909) (1990) (0)
Xántus: Travels in Southern California. (1980) (0)
1983 Mid-America Linguistics Conference papers Ed. by David S. Rood (review) (2015) (0)
Part One: Studies in American Indian Linguistics (1984) (0)
Algonkin Languages of California: A Reply (1915) (1990) (0)
Dialectical Anthropology 11:2-4. A Special Issue on Poetry and Anthropology (1988) (0)
Frontispiece: Edward Sapir, about 1915 (1990) (0)
ABBREVIATIONS PART II (1992) (0)
From Latin American Publications (1961) (0)
Now You're Speaking - Karuk! (Audio version of booklet)) (1994) (0)
KEY to THE PHONETIC SYSTEM EMPLOYED (1992) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 11. Gray Hawk and Toad Gamble (1992) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 19. The Bird that Carried People away (1992) (0)
I. PAIUTE MYTHS. 3. How the Bear Dance Originated (1992) (0)
Verb morphology (§ § 51–56) (1992) (0)
Text with Analysis (1992) (0)
III. PAIUTE MYTH RECITATIVES (1992) (0)
A Supplementary Note on Salinan and Washo (1921) (1990) (0)
Kuvi Phonetic Reader@@@Mundari Phonetic Reader (1978) (0)
From U.S. Publications (1965) (0)
Distribution and literature (§1) (1992) (0)
IV. UTE MYTHS (1992) (0)
Grammatical processes (§17) (1992) (0)
Compounding of stems (§ 18) (1992) (0)
Southern Paiute and Nahuatl, a Study in Uto-Aztekan (1913, 1914-1919) (1990) (0)
PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE (1985) (0)

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