Items related to Musqueam Reference Grammar (First Nations Languages)
Synopsis
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's aboriginal territory includes much of the Fraser Delta and the city of Vancouver. Halkomelem is one of the twenty-three languages that belong to the Salish Family.
Suttles, an anthropologist, worked with knowledgeable older people, eliciting traditional stories, personal narratives, and ethnographic accounts. The grammar covers the usual topics of phonology, morphology, and syntax, illustrated by numerous sentences selected for their cultural relevance, providing insight into traditional practices, social relations, and sense of humor. With information on kinship, space and time, names of people and places, and the history of work on Halkomelem, this is perhaps the fullest account of any Salish language.
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Book Description
Wayne Suttles draws on half a century of linguistic research to document an endangered First Nations language.
About the Author
Wayne Suttles is professor emeritus of anthropology at Portland State University.
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- PublisherUBC Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0774810025
- ISBN 13 9780774810029
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages632
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