First Nations Languages – serie
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9 produkter
Lillooet Language
Phonology, Morphology, Syntax
Av Jan Van Eijk
Inbunden, 1997
1731 kr
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This timely book is the first complete descriptive grammar of Lillooet, an indigenous Canadian language spoken in British Columbia, now threatened with extinction. The author discusses three major aspects of the language – sound system, word structure, and syntax – in great detail. The classical …
When I Was Small – I Wan Kwikws
A Grammatical Analysis of St'át'imc Oral Narratives
Inbunden, 2005
1601 kr
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Collected in this book are the personal life histories of four female St'át'imc elders: Beverley Frank, Gertrude Ned, Laura Thevarge, and Rose Agnes Whitley. These elders are among the last remaining fluent speakers of St'át'imcets, a severely imperilled Northern Interior Salish language, also …
Making Wawa
The Genesis of Chinook Jargon
Av George Lang
Inbunden, 2008
514 kr
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A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River, but also with the Nootkans of the outer …
Tsilhqút'ín Grammar
Av Eung-Do Cook
Häftad, 2021
746 kr
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Tsilhqút'ín, also known as Chilcotin, is a northern Athabaskan language spoken by the people of the Chilco River (Tsilhqóx) in Interior British Columbia. This language is spoken by approximately two thousand adults in six reserves, and both spoken and written forms are taught as part of school …
Musqueam Reference Grammar
Inbunden, 2004
1601 kr
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Here is the long-awaited grammar of the Musqueam dialect of Halkomelem, which Wayne Suttles began work on in the late 1950s. The Musqueam people are the First Nation whose aboriginal territory includes much of the Fraser Delta and the city of Vancouver. Halkomelem, one of the twenty-three languages …
Witsuwit'en Grammar
Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology
Inbunden, 2007
1920 kr
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Witsuwit'en is an endangered First Nations language, spoken in western-central British Columbia. A member of the Athapaskan family of languages, the language had been known to have some intriguing characteristics of consonant-vowel interaction, the details of which have been in dispute among …
Making Wawa
The Genesis of Chinook Jargon
Av George Lang
Häftad, 2009
401 kr
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A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River, but also with the Nootkans of the outer …
Tellings from Our Elders: Lushootseed Syeyehub
Volume 1: Snohomish Texts
Av David Beck, Thom Hess
Inbunden, 2014
2033 kr
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Rich in cultural and linguistic information, the traditional stories of the Coast Salish contain the keys to cultural revitalization. Tellings from Our Elders presents eighteen stories in Snohomish, a dialect of Lushootseed, the language of the indigenous peoples who live on the southern and …
Tellings from Our Elders: Lushootseed Syeyehub
The Complete Two-Volume Set
Av David Beck, Thom Hess
Inbunden, 2015
4263 kr
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Oral stories form a portal through which rich cultural and linguistic information is passed from generation to generation. The two volumes of Tellings from Our Elders present twenty-seven stories in the Skagit Valley dialects of Lushootseed, the language of the indigenous people of the southern and …
