Wilson De Lima Silva
- Associate Professor, Linguistics
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
- (520) 621-9726
- Communication, Rm. 109
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- wdelimasilva@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Linguistics
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- A Descriptive Grammar of Desano
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
2024-25 Courses
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Honors Independent Study
LING 499H (Fall 2024) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Independent Study
LING 699 (Summer I 2024) -
Intro to Desc Native Amer Lang
LING 527 (Summer I 2024) -
Ling. for Native American Com.
LING 427 (Summer I 2024) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Spring 2024) -
Descriptive Linguistics
LING 497A (Spring 2024) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Spring 2024) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Spring 2024) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Fall 2023) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Fall 2023) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2023) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
LING 920 (Spring 2023) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Spring 2023) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Fall 2022) -
Hist Comparative Ling
LING 480 (Fall 2022) -
Hist Comparative Ling
LING 580 (Fall 2022) -
Honors Independent Study
LING 499H (Fall 2022) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Fall 2022) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
LING 920 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 499 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2022) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Spring 2022) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
LING 920 (Fall 2021) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Spring 2021) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2021) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Spring 2021) -
Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Fall 2020) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Fall 2020) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Fall 2020) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2020) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Desc Ling Native Am Lang
AIS 597A (Spring 2020) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Spring 2020) -
Honors Thesis
LING 498H (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Spring 2020) -
Lang Maint,Preserv+Revit
LING 421 (Spring 2020) -
Lang Maint,Preserv+Revit
LING 521 (Spring 2020) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Spring 2020) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Fall 2019) -
Hist Comparative Ling
LING 480 (Fall 2019) -
Hist Comparative Ling
LING 580 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
LING 699 (Fall 2019) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Independent Study
LING 699 (Summer I 2019) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Summer I 2019) -
Amer Indian Languages
AIS 210 (Spring 2019) -
Amer Indian Languages
LING 210 (Spring 2019) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
AIS 597A (Spring 2019) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Spring 2019) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Spring 2019) -
Desc Ling Native Am Lang
LING 597A (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
LING 599 (Fall 2018) -
Thesis
LING 910 (Fall 2018)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- Chacon, T. C., Lee, N. H., & D. L. Silva, W. (2022). Language Change, Documentation and their Intersections: Studies in Honor of Lyle Campbell. Edinburgh University Press.More infoExplores advances in the fields of language documentation, language change and historical linguistics * 13 chapters presenting case studies of research in the fields of historical linguistics, typology, language description and documentation * Broad geographical and theoretical scope, focusing especially on lesser known and endangered languages * Brings together original research by well-established scholars in linguistics including Robert Blust, Amy Dahlstrom, Ives Goddard, and Alice Harris
Chapters
- Chacon, T. C., Lee, N. H., & D. L. Silva, W. (2022). Language change and linguistic diversity at the crossroads of historical linguistics, language documentation, and linguistic typology. In Language Change, Documentation and their Intersections: Studies in Honor of Lyle Campbell(pp 1-18). Edinburgh University Press.
- D. L. Silva, W. (2022). Typology of Possession in Tukanoan Languages.. In The Grammar of Body-Part Expressions: A view from the Americas.. Cambridge University Press.
Journals/Publications
- Dupris, J., & Silva, W. d. (2020). Sobre uma metodologia de documentação baseada nas atividades de (re)vitalização. Cadernos de Linguística, 1(3), 01-14. doi:10.25189/2675-4916.2020.v1.n3.id243More infoNeste trabalho refletimos sobre um modelo de pesquisa colaborativa que emprega atividades de documentação e descrição linguística tendo como ponto de partida atividades de (re)vitalização da língua indígena. Descrevemos como estudo de caso o projeto de revitalização da língua da língua maqlaqsyals falada por membros das Tribos Klamath-Modoc (EUA), mostrando como trabalhos linguísticos que resultam de iniciativas centradas nas communidades indígenas, em suas necessidades, seus saberes, e seus valores, ajudam na “descolonização” da linguística e suas áreas de investigação.
- Silva, W. D. (2020). Multilingual interactions and code-mixing in Northwest Amazonia. International Journal of American Linguistics, 86(1), 133-154. doi:10.1086/705756More infoThe multilingualism of the Vaupes region in Northwest Amazonia has drawn attention from scholars for decades. This paper addresses issues involving code-switching and code-mixing in this region. Th...
- De Lima Silva, W. (2018). Multilingual Interactions and Code-mixing in Northwest Amazonia. International Journal of American Linguistics.
- De Lima Silva, W., Costa Aguiar, G. P., Aguiar, H., Lana, L. G., Araújo Alves, E. J., & Merritt, B. (2018). Guia Etnobotânico de Plantas de uma Comunidade Desana do Rio Tiquié, Brasil. Cadernos Etnoliguística.
- De Lima Silva, W., Costa Aguiar, G. P., Aguiar, H., Lana, L. G., Araújo Alves, E. J., & Merritt, B. (2018). Guia Etnobotânico de Plantas de uma Comunidade Desana do Rio Tiquié, Brasil. Cadernos Etnolinguística.
Presentations
- D. L. Silva, W. (2022, Spring). Documenting nasal harmony in three Tukanoan languages. Symposium on Amazonian Languages. Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley.
- De Lima Silva, W., & Carrasquilha Matos, F. J. (2019, January). Characterizing Multilingualism in the Vaupés. Satelite Workshop on Multilingualism, Contact, and Documenting Endangered Languages. New York City, NY: National Science Foundation.
- De Lima Silva, W., & Carrasquilha Matos, F. J. (2019, May). Acerca de uma abordagem de estudo línguisticos centrada nos indígenas. Associação Brasileira de Linguística. Maceió, Brazil: Federal University of Alagoas.
- Sanker, C., De Lima Silva, W., Lucitante, H., & AnderBois, S. (2018, October). Falsetto in A’Ingae (Cofán). Sound Systems of Latin America 3. Amherst, MA: University of Massachussets.
- De Lima Silva, W., Carrasquilha Matos, F. J., & AnderBois, S. (2019, January). Expressions of Modality and Evidentiality in Desano. Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas. New York City, NY: Linguistic Society of America.
Poster Presentations
- D. L. Silva, W. (2021, Summer). "Um relato sobre a interação entre práticas de capacitação e revitalização para fins de documentação e análise linguística” (On the interaction between capacity-buiding and language revitalition activities for language documentation and linguistic analysis). AMAZONICAS VIII. Online: Universidade Federal de Goiás.