Marguerite MacKenzie

Full Professor Memorial University of Newfoundland Office: SN-3050 Telephone: (709) 737-8905 Fax: (709) 737-4000 E-mail: mmackenz@mun.ca Department of Linguistics Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, NF Canada A1B 3X9

Office Hours

I am usually in the office when in St. John's, but may be travelling, so, but please check with our secretary if you would like an appointment. (Phone 709-737-8134).

Research interests

• Dialectology
• Grammar and lexicon of Cree, Innu/Montagnais and Naskapi languages of Eastern Canada
• Aboriginal language education
• Endangered languages

Project websites

• www.innu-aimun.ca
• www.eastcree.org

Recent grants

• 2006 Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Province of Newfoundland, for preparation of digital database of Labrador Innu place names.
• 2006 Labrador School Board contribution to Labrador Innu Toponymy Project.
• 2004 SSHRC CURA grant (5 years) for “Knowledge and human resources for Innu language development”.
• 2004 Sheshatshiu Innu Band Council contribution to CURA project.
• 2004 SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grants (3 years) as co-investigator with Marie-Odile Junker (Carleton University), for “L'encyclopédie linguistique vivante du cri”.
• 2004 Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, Province of Newfoundland, for Innu language learning materials.
• 2004 SSHRC CURA Development grant for Innu language work.
• 2004 SSHRC Northern Research Development Initiative grant for Labrador Innu Toponymy Project.

Some Recent Publications

Dictionaries

2007. Le dictionnaire du cri de l'Est de la Baie James sur la toile: français-cri et cri-français (dialectes du sud et du nord . Junker, Marie-Odile, Marguerite MacKenzie, Luci Salt, Alice Duff, Daisy Moar and Ruth Salt, (réds.) In electronic version on http://dictf.eastcree.org/

2004-07. MacKenzie, Marguerite, Marie-Odile Junker, Luci Salt, Elsie Duff, Daisy Moar, Ruth Salt, Ella Neeposh and Bill Jancewicz (eds.) The Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary on the Web : English-Cree and Cree-English (Northern and Southern dialects). http://dict.eastcree.org/

2004. Ella Neeposh, Daisy Moar, Ruth Salt , Marguerite MacKenzie and Bill Jancewicz (eds.) Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary, Southern Dialect: Cree-English (vol.1, 552 pp.,) Chisasibi, Quebec: Cree School Board. [see below for English-Cree version on <www.eastcree.org> website at http://www.carleton.ca/ecree/lex/index.php]

2004. Luci Salt, Elsie Duff, Marguerite MacKenzie and Bill Jancewicz (eds.) Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary, Northern Dialect: Cree-English (vol.1) 482 pp., Chisasibi, Quebec: Cree School Board. [see below for English-Cree version on <www.eastcree.org> website at http://www.carleton.ca/ecree/lex/index.php]

2004. Ella Neeposh, Daisy Moar, Ruth Salt , Marguerite MacKenzie and Bill Jancewicz (eds.) Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary, Southern Dialect: Cree-English (vol.1, 552 pp.,) Chisasibi, Quebec: Cree School Board. [see below for English-Cree version on <www.eastcree.org> website at http://www.carleton.ca/ecree/lex/index.php]

2004. Luci Salt, Elsie Duff, Marguerite MacKenzie and Bill Jancewicz (eds.) Eastern James Bay Cree Dictionary, Northern Dialect: Cree-English (vol.1) 482 pp., Chisasibi, Quebec: Cree School Board. [see below for English-Cree version on <www.eastcree.org> website at http://www.carleton.ca/ecree/lex/index.php]

1994. Marguerite MacKenzie and Bill Jancewicz, eds., Naskapi Lexicon: Volume 1 Naskapi- English/French 431 pp., Volume 2 English-Naskapi 650 pp., Volume 3 français-naskapi 648 pp., Schefferville: Naskapi Development Corporation. Also available at National Library of Canada website http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/naskapi/r24-125-e.html

Articles and chapters

2007. Clarke, Sandra and Marguerite MacKenzie. Labrador Innu-aimun: an introduction to the Sheshatshiu dialect. Department of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland. [preliminary version; revised version to be published 2007].

2006. “Northern East Cree Accent” Dyck, Carrie, Julie Brittain and Marguerite MacKenzie, In Proceedings of the 2006 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference, ed. Claire Gurski and Milica Radisic, 14 pages. http://ling.uwo.ca/publications/CLA2006/Dyck_Brittain_MacKenzie.pdf

2006. “Maasu Re-creates the World”, commentary on an East Cree legend told by Job Kawapit and transcribed and translated by Luci Bobbish-Salt at http://eastcree.org/en/stories/MaasuCommentary.pdf and comments on English translation, 6 pp, at http://eastcree.org/en/stories/MaasuEnglishTranslation.pdf

2005. “Two Québec Naskapi Stories narrated by John Peastitute: Wolverine and the ducks and Wolverine and the geese”, Julie Brittain and Marguerite MacKenzie, chapter in Brian Swann (ed.), Algonquian Spirit 121-158. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

2004. “Montagnais” Sandra Clarke and Marguerite MacKenzie in Gert Booj, Christian Lehmann, Joachim Mugdan, Stavros Skopeteas in collaboration with Wolfgang Kesselheim (eds.), Morphology. An International Handbook on Inflection and Word Formation, Vol. 2, 1411-1422. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

2004. “Umayichîs: a Naskapi legend from Kawawachikamach.” Julie Brittain and Marguerite MacKenzie, in Brian Swann (ed.), Voices from Four Directions: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America, 572-90. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

2004. “Cri de l'est”, Marguerite MacKenzie and Marie-Odile Junker, in Arnaud, P.J.L. (ed.), Le nom composé: données sur 16 langues, 101-114. Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon.

2004. “Southern East Cree Pronouns” Marie-Odile Junker, Louise Blacksmith and Marguerite MacKenzie, In H.C. Wolfart (ed.) Papers of the Thirty-fifth Algonquian Conference, 187-205. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.

2004. “Giant Hare” Translation and notes for Innu legend “Meshapush” in Ennis, John, Randall Maggs and Stephanie McKenzie (eds.), However Blow the Winds: An Anthology of Poetry and Song from Newfoundland & Labrador and Ireland, 1-8, notes: 569-71 Scop Productions: Cornerbrook, NL and Waterford Technical Institute: Waterford.

2003. Innu-aimun: the Language of the Innu in Labrador SmartLabrador website http://www.labradorvirtualmuseum.ca/home.php?page=59

2003. “Demonstratives in East Cree” Marie-Odile Junker and Marguerite MacKenzie, in H.C. Wolfart (ed.), Papers of the Thirty-fourth Algonquian Conference, 201-216. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.

2002. “Word order variation at the left periphery in Innu-aimûn.” Philip Branigan and Marguerite MacKenzie, In H.C. Wolfart and A. Ogg (eds.), Papers of the Thirty-third Algonquian Conference, 110-119. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.

2002. “Applied computer technology in Cree and Naskapi language programs.” Bill Jancewicz and Marguerite MacKenzie, Language Learning and Technology 6.2:83-91 (web journal http://llt.msu.edu/vol6num2/jancewicz/default.html).