Stephanie Fielding

Stephanie "Morning Fire" Fielding (Mohegan: Yôpôwi Yoht) be Mohegan linguist. Ein work dey focus for resurrection den revitalization of de Mohegan language top. For de 2017-2018 academic year tym insyd, na she be Presidential Fellow den lecturer insyd de Department of Linguistics for Yale University. Fielding dey stay for de Mohegan reservation insyd southeastern Connecticut, wey dey Uncasville."Endangered Language Fund Board of Directors". Endangered Language Fund. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

 Ein Biography den career 
Fielding get Bachelor of Arts insyd linguistics denanthropology from de University of Connecticut, as well as Master of Science insyd linguistics from de Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Na she be de first student wey graduate from sam two-year Masters program for MIT "for members of indigenous communities wey demma languages die anaa edey die." Ein Master's thesis, The Phonology of Mohegan-Pequot, wey dey include diary excerpts wey dem write insyd Mohegan from ein relative Fidelia Fielding, de last fluent speaker of de Mohegan language. Much of Fielding ein graduate work dey focus for linguistic algorithms wey dey allow am say make she take proto-Algonquian words wey dem accept in order say ego recreate sam authentic Mohegan vocabulary.

Insyd 2006, Fielding publish A Modern Mohegan Dictionary. She sana create de online Mohegan Language Project, sam central part of ein efforts say ego keep ein ancestral language alive. For dis project insyd, Fielding state say "de goal be fluency," wey edey offer links give Mohegan-English dictionary, phrase book, pronunciation guide, exercises, den sam audio option. Insyd sam interview plus de New York Times, Fielding talk say "So say sam language go survive den resurrect, edey hia say menners go dey talk am, den say menners go talk am, sam society for dey wey go dey work for top."

She work "as teacher, writer, editor, graphic artist den radio announcer. She sana serve for de board of directors of educational institutions, media outlets, non-profit organizations, den religious organizations top." She often dey translate English go Mohegan insyd give speakers for Mohegan traditional ceremonies.

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 External links 

 MIT Linguistics Department Interview plus Fielding
 Photo of Stephanie Fielding