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 how here 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 Apache from their traditional homeland.The names, then, act as lingering signs of viqua-f4 a past homeland.