Snoek, Conor

Faculty

Indigenous Studies

Phone
(403) 329-2721
Email
conor.snoek@uleth.ca

Office Hours

By appointment: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

About Me

I am an anthropological linguist working on the Indigenous languages of the Americas, particularly the Dene (Athapaskan) languages and Cerro Xinolatépetl Totonac. I focus on the lexicon examining how it evolves over time and what that can tell us about language and culture history. My research is informed by Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive anhropology. Given the current situation of Indigenous languages, much of my work has a language revitalization and maintenance aspect focusing on language teaching.

I consult language activists and communities on language revitalization, language planning, and materials development.

Please contact me if you require AV-equipment for language documentation and revitalization purposes. We have a limited number of recording devices that can be borrowed at no charge, and a mobile AV-recording unit for targeted recording.

Biography

PhD University of Alberta, Canada.

M. A. (Magister Artium) University of Hamburg, Germany.

Publications

Snoek, Conor. 2022. From 'clubs' to 'clocks': lexical semantic extensions in Dene languages. Cognitive Linguistics (33)1. [Open access] https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2021-0035

Snoek, Conor. Under review. Face in Dene languages. In Patillo, Kelsie (ed.), Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies: The Face. Leiden: Brill.

Snoek, Conor, Michaela Stang, and Sally Rice. Forthcoming. "Linguistic Relationships between Apachean and Northern Athapaskan: On the possibility of 'Eastern Athapaskan'." In Ives, John W. and Joel Janetski (eds.), Promontory, Franktown, and Dismal River Symposium. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press.

Research Interests

Indigenous languages (Dene/Athapaskan, Cerro Xinolatépetl Totonac, Blackfoot, Plains Cree), Language Revitalization, Lexical Semantics, Historical Linguistics.

In The Media

Language conference to wake the spirit of the ancestors
https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/language-conference-wake-spirit-ancestors