co-occurrence restrictions. The dictionary thus stands as an implemented model of a polysynthetic lexicon, while at the same time providing robust documentation of the language. In addition to this, each and every entry contains examples of the inflected word, as it is used, in full utterances, effectively presenting an etymology of a given word, as well as documentation of the Navajo language as it was spoken in the mid-twentieth century." The University of New Mexico Department of Linguistics established a scholarship in Young's honor, available for students who study Native American languages. Death Young died on February 20, 2007, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. See also Navajo Community College Press References External links Linguistic Society of America Department of Linguistics, University of New Mexico The Navajo Language Academy 1912 births 2007 deaths Writers from Chicago University of Illinois alumni Military personnel from Illinois Navajo code talkers University of New Mexico alumni University of New Mexico faculty Linguists from the United States Linguists of Navajo 20th-century linguists