Amy V Fountain
- Associate Professor of Practice, Linguistics
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 626-1498
- Douglass, Rm. 224
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- avf@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Joint Program in Anthropology and Linguistics
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- An Optimality Theoretic Account of Navajo Prefixal Syllables
- M.A. Communication
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- B.S. Theatre
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Awards
- Ken Hale Prize
- Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, Winter 2018
- SBS Outstanding Lower Division Teacher
- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Fall 2014
- Honors College Excellence in Teaching Award
- Honors College, Spring 2012
- Outstanding Lower Division Teaching Award
- College of Social and Behavioral Sciences;Type of Organization: University of Arizona organizational unit;, Spring 2010
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Dissertation
LING 920 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 399 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Fall 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2024) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2024) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Fall 2024) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2024) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
LING 920 (Spring 2024) -
Honors Independent Study
LING 499H (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 299 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2024) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2024) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Spring 2024) -
Special Tops in Social Science
HNRS 195H (Spring 2024) -
Dissertation
LING 920 (Fall 2023) -
Honors Independent Study
LING 499H (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 299 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2023) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2023) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Fall 2023) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2023) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
LING 920 (Spring 2023) -
Honors Independent Study
LING 399H (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 299 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 399 (Spring 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2023) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2023) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Spring 2023) -
Special Tops in Social Science
HNRS 195H (Spring 2023) -
Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Fall 2022) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Fall 2022) -
Directed Rsrch In Ling
LING 492A (Fall 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Fall 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2022) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2022) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Fall 2022) -
Senior Capstone
LING 498 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Independent Study
LING 499 (Summer I 2022) -
Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2022) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 399 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Spring 2022) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2022) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Spring 2022) -
Special Tops in Social Science
HNRS 195H (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2021) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2021) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Meths & Ethics Ling Rsrch
LING 424 (Summer I 2021) -
Meths & Ethics Ling Rsrch
LING 524 (Summer I 2021) -
Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2021) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2021) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2021) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Spring 2021) -
Special Topics in Fine Arts
HNRS 195K (Spring 2021) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2020) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2020) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2020) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Spring 2020) -
Special Topics in Fine Arts
HNRS 195K (Spring 2020) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2019) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2019) -
Linguistics in the Digital Age
LING 150C1 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Honors Independent Study
LING 499H (Spring 2019) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Spring 2019) -
Honors Independent Study
LING 499H (Fall 2018) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Fall 2018) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2018) -
Struct+Meaning Of Words
ENGL 322 (Fall 2018) -
Struct+Meaning Of Words
LING 322 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2018) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
LING 399 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Spring 2018) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2018) -
Special Tops in Social Science
HNRS 195H (Spring 2018) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Fall 2017) -
Intro to Linguistics
LING 201 (Fall 2017) -
Intro to Linguistics
PSY 201 (Fall 2017) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2017) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2017) -
Language in the World
LING 150A1 (Spring 2017) -
Directed Rsrch In Ling
LING 492A (Fall 2016) -
Language
LING 150A1 (Fall 2016) -
Struct+Meaning Of Words
ENGL 322 (Fall 2016) -
Struct+Meaning Of Words
LING 322 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2016) -
Language
LING 150A1 (Spring 2016) -
Meaning In Lang+Society
LING 211 (Spring 2016) -
Meaning In Lang+Society
PHIL 211 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Fountain, A. V. (1998).
An Optimality Theoretic Approach to Navajo Prefixal Syllables
. doi:10.7282/T30P0XVC
Chapters
- Bischoff, S. T., Vincent, A., & Fountain, A. V. (2017). Tgwe’l nok’o’qin he spintch ‘itsmeyptsni’wes hiɬ ‘itsqhwaq’wpmi’wes ‘ul snchitsu’umshtsn: One hundred years of learning and analyzing the Coeur d’Alene language together.. In Perspectives on Language: Community Based Research. Cambridge University Press.
- Fountain, A. V., & Bischoff, S. (2013). A Case-study in Grass roots Development of Web Resources for Language Workers: The Coeur d'Alene Archive and Online Language Resources (CAOLR). In The Persistance of Language: Constructing and confronting the past and present in the voices of Jane H. Hill.(pp 175-202). John Benjamins.More infoPublishedr 2013. Book title: "Persistence of Language: Constructing and confronting the past in the voices of Jane H. Hill". Co-editors: Shannon Bischoff, Mizuki Miyashita, and Deborah Cole.I don't think that I can call this 'peer reviewed' properly, but there is a volume-internal 'peer review' process that we have used for all contributions to this volume.;Your Role: Coauthor;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Collaborative with faculty member at another US institution.;
Journals/Publications
- Fountain, A. V., Anderson, S., Bischoff, S., & Punske, J. (2017). An invented language project for the introductory linguistics classroom.. Fiat Lingua.
- Fountain, A. V., Bischoff, S., & Ivens, J. W. (2017). Community, Technology, Education, and Language: A case study in digital language resource development for a minorized language. UNESCO Chair on Language Technologies Repository.
- Mckee, C. M., Zimmer, E. J., Huang, H., Vento, M., & Fountain, A. V. (2015). Engaging Broader Audiences. Linguistics Compass, 9, 349-357.
- Bischoff, S. T., Fountain, A. V., Doak, I., & Ivens, J. W. (2013). Creating Grass Roots Digital Coeur d'Alene Resources: the COLRC. Northwest Journal of Linguistics, 7, 1-23.
- Fountain, A. V., Warner, N., & Tucker, B. (2009). Cues to perception of reduced flaps. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.More infoThanks to Natasha Warner for letting me join this project!;Your Role: second author, oversaw collection of data and assisted in write-up and revisions; This is Warner and Tucker's intellectual work primarily.;Full Citation: J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 125, Issue 5, pp. 3317-3327 (May 2009) ;Collaborative with faculty member in unit: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Also collaborative with Ben Tucker, who is at U Toronto.;
- Fountain, A. V. (2008).
Introduction to Navajo Language Studies
. Coyote Papers: Working Papers in Linguistics.More infoCoyote Papers, Vol. 16 features a combined bibliography for all articles in the issue. This bibliography is available at http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/125965
Proceedings Publications
- Bischoff, S. T., Fountain, A. V., & Vincent, A. (2014, Fall). A bibliography of Coeur d'Alene with commentary.. In International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages 49, University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics, N. Weber, E. Sadlier-Brown and E. Gruntly (eds), 1-15.
Presentations
- Fountain, A. V. (2021, October). Notes on remote app development for a community language program.. Arizona Linguistics Circle. University of Arizona: Arizona Linguistics Circle.
- Fountain, A. V., & Vincent, A. M. (2019, September). Digital Language Resource Development. Pute’nt khwa isqwa’qwe’el Honor Your Language. Plummer, Idaho: Coeur d'Alene Language Programs Office.
- Galilee-Belfer, M., Fountain, A. V., Neumann, W. T., & Frey, J. J. (2019, March). Promotion Workshop for Career Track Faculty. Symposium on Writing and Well-Being. Silver & Sage Room, Old Main: Office of the Provost, University of Arizona.
- Fountain, A. V., Anderson, S., Punske, J., & Bischoff, S. T. (2017, January). Invented Language Projects and Introductory Linguistics. Linguistic Society of America. Austin, TX.
- Fountain, A. V., Bischoff, S. T., & Vincent, A. (2017, January). COLRC: An update and discussion of Community Based Research.. Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas. Austin, TX.
- Bischoff, S. T., Fountain, A. V., Doak, I., Vincent, A., & Ivens, J. W. (2013, June). The Coeur d’Alene Online Language Resource Center: A Pedagogical Resource. Indigenous Language and Education Conference (SILS20), Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.More infoTalk given June 4.
- Bischoff, S., Fountain, A. V., Doak, I., Vincent, A., & Ivens, J. W. (2013, June). Using the Coeur d’Alene Online Language Resource Center for teaching. American Indian Language Development Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.More infoTalk given June 6
- Doak, I., Vincent, A., Bischoff, S. T., Fountain, A. V., & Ivens, J. W. (2013, March). The Coeur d’Alene Online Language Resource Center: A grassroots digital resource. 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC). University of Hawaii, Manoa.More infoTalk presented March 1
Poster Presentations
- Bischoff, S. T., Fountain, A. V., & Vincent, A. (2016, January). Tgwe’l nok’o’qin he spintch ‘itsmeyptsni’wes hiɬ ‘itsqhwaq’wpmi’wes ‘ul snchitsu’umshtsn: One hundred years of learning and analyzing the Coeur d’Alene language together.. Linguistics Society of America annual meetings. Washington DC.
- Bischoff, S., Fountain, A. V., Doak, I., Vincent, A., & Ivens, J. (2013, June). The Coeur d'Alene Online Language Resource Center (COLRC). American Indian Language Development Institute’s 2013 National Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ.More infoPoster session, June 18
- Fountain, A. V., Bischoff, S. T., Vincent, A., Doak, I., & Ivens, J. W. (2013, March). The TAPS checklist as a tool for grassroots development of digital language resources. 3rd International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC).. University of Hawaii, Manoa.More infoElectronic poster, presented March 2
Reviews
- Fountain, A. V. (2009. Navajo/English Dictionary of Verbs. By Alyse Neundorf.More info;Full Citation: Fountain, Amy V. 2009. Navajo/English Dictionary of Verbs (Neundorf). International Journal of American Linguistics. 75. 105-108.;
Others
- Fountain, A. V., Vincent, A. M., Zepeda, O., Nicholas, S. E., Oberly, S., & Peterson, T. (2019, September). Pute’nt khwa isqwa’qwe’el Honor Your Language. Coeur d'Alene Language Programs and American Indian Language Development Institute. https://sites.google.com/asu.edu/honor-your-languageMore infoIn collaboration with AILDI and the Coeur d'Alene Language Programs, prepared and delivered a four-day conference for community members from Coeur d'Alene and surrounding groups. The conference offered workshops in digital language resource development (myself and Ms. Audra Vincent), immersion teaching (Dr. Sheilah Nicholas), introduction to linguistics for native communities (Dr. Stacey Oberly), and documenting traditional ecological knowledge (Dr. Tyler Peterson).
- Fountain, A. V., & Punske, J. (2017, January). Teaching Linguistics with Invented Languages. Symposium organized for the annual meetings of the Linguistic Society of America.
- Bischoff, S., Miyashita, M., Fountain, A. V., & Cole, D. (2013, July). Persistence of Language: Constructing and confronting the past in the voices of Jane H. Hill (co-editor of edited volume). John Benjamins Culture and Language series, volume 8.More infoPublished, summer 2013Your Role: Co-editor.;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Collaborative with faculty at other universities.;
- Fountain, A. V. (2008). Introduction to Navajo language studies.More info;Your Role: Paper author and faculty advisor.;Full Citation: Fountain, Amy. 2008. Introduction to Navajo Language Studies. Coyote Papers, Volume 16. Edited by Mans Hulden and Shannon T. Bischoff.;Electronic: Yes;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;