Margaret Field, Ph.D.
Margaret Field, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
American Indian Studies
San Diego State University
Office: AL-331
To leave a phone message, call: 619-594-6991
Email: mfield@sdsu.edu
Education
Education
1998: Ph.D. Linguistics, University California Santa Barbara
1993: M.A. Linguistics, University California Santa Barbara
1989: B. Ed. University Alaska-Fairbanks
Courses Taught
Courses Taught
Introduction to American Indian Heritage
American Indian Oral Tradition
American Indian Languages
Perspectives on American Indian Identity
California Indian People
Linguistic Anthropology
Publications
Publications
Books
Books
2009 Native American Language Ideologies: Language Beliefs, Practices, and Struggles in Indian Country. Paul Kroskrity and Margaret Field. University Arizona Press.
2009 Native American Language Ideologies: Language Beliefs, Practices, and Struggles in Indian Country. Paul Kroskrity and Margaret Field. University Arizona Press.
Select Articles
Select Articles
2018 Sacred Water and Water-Dwelling Serpents: What Can Yuman Oral Tradition Tell Us about Yuman Prehistory? Journal of the Southwest, Vol 60 (1) 2-25.
2018 Sacred Water and Water-Dwelling Serpents: What Can Yuman Oral Tradition Tell Us about Yuman Prehistory? Journal of the Southwest, Vol 60 (1) 2-25.
2014 The “High Languages” of Native California as Indices of Social Rank: A (Re)Consideration. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Vol 34 (2) 296-303.
2014 The “High Languages” of Native California as Indices of Social Rank: A (Re)Consideration. Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, Vol 34 (2) 296-303.
2013 Kumeyaay Oral Tradition, Cultural Identity, and Language Revitalization. Oral Tradition. Vol 27.2.
2013 Kumeyaay Oral Tradition, Cultural Identity, and Language Revitalization. Oral Tradition. Vol 27.2.
2013 "American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalization: Some Considerations for Researchers." In Oral Literature in the Digital Age: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities. Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler, & Eleanor Wilkenson eds., Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
2013 "American Indian Oral Literature, Cultural Identity and Language Revitalization: Some Considerations for Researchers." In Oral Literature in the Digital Age: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities. Mark Turin, Claire Wheeler, & Eleanor Wilkenson eds., Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
2012 "Rabbit & Frog." Juan Meza Cuero, Amy Miller & Margaret Field. In Inside Dazzling Mountains, David Kozak, Ed. University of Nevada Press.
2012 "Rabbit & Frog." Juan Meza Cuero, Amy Miller & Margaret Field. In Inside Dazzling Mountains, David Kozak, Ed. University of Nevada Press.
2011 Kumeyaay Language Variation, Group Identity, and the Land. International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol 78 (4) 557-573.
2011 Kumeyaay Language Variation, Group Identity, and the Land. International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol 78 (4) 557-573.
2011 "Kumeyaay Stories: Bridges Between the Oral Tradition and Contemporary Classroom Practice." In Kroskrity, P. (Ed.) Telling Stories in the Face of Danger. University Arizona Press.
2011 "Kumeyaay Stories: Bridges Between the Oral Tradition and Contemporary Classroom Practice." In Kroskrity, P. (Ed.) Telling Stories in the Face of Danger. University Arizona Press.
2009 Metaphor, Mythology, and a Navajo Verb: The Role of Cultural Constructs in the Lexicography of Endangered Languages. Anthropological Linguistics. Vol 51 (3-4).
2009 Metaphor, Mythology, and a Navajo Verb: The Role of Cultural Constructs in the Lexicography of Endangered Languages. Anthropological Linguistics. Vol 51 (3-4).
1998 Politeness and Indirection in Navajo Directives. Journal of Southwest Linguistics. 17(2):23-34.
1998 Politeness and Indirection in Navajo Directives. Journal of Southwest Linguistics. 17(2):23-34.
1997 The Role of Factive Predicates in the Indexicalization of Stance: a Discourse Perspective. Journal of Pragmatics. 27:799-814.
1997 The Role of Factive Predicates in the Indexicalization of Stance: a Discourse Perspective. Journal of Pragmatics. 27:799-814.