Lipan Apache Placenames of Augustina Zuazua: Some Structural and Discursive Features

Lipan Apache Placenames of Augustina Zuazua: Some Structural and Discursive Features

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Abstract This paper presents twenty-two Lipan Apache placenames as used by Augustina Zuazua in a narrative to Harry Hoijer concerning Lipan history.Lipan Apache is now considered by most linguists to be largely an extinct language.However these placenames provide a glimpse into the place-naming practices of the Lipan as well as reveal chandal sevilla 23/24 how placenames were discursively used.

I analyze the placenames based on the semantic and morphological components of the names.I also look at how the placenames were used in context within the narrative.Finally, I suggest that Zuazua used this narrative and the placenames to comment on the removal of the Lipan deity deftrap Apache from their traditional homeland.

The names, then, act as lingering signs of a past homeland.