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A Report On Shuswap With A Squamish Lexical Appendix
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Book Synopsis A Report on Shuswap, with a Squamish Lexical Appendix by : Aert H. Kuipers
Download or read book A Report on Shuswap, with a Squamish Lexical Appendix written by Aert H. Kuipers and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains information on Shuswap Language in three parts, grammar, text, and dictionary.
Book Synopsis Salish Languages and Linguistics by : Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins
Download or read book Salish Languages and Linguistics written by Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Book Synopsis The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim by : Osahito Miyaoka
Download or read book The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim written by Osahito Miyaoka and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-04-12 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the first comprehensive survey of the languages of the Pacific rim, a vast region containing the greatest typological and genetic diversity in the world. It includes the littoral regions of North and South America, Australasia, east and south-east Asia, and Japan, as well as the Pacific itself. As its languages decline and disappear, sometimes without trace, this rich linguistic heritage is rapidly eroding. In The Vanishing Languages of the Pacific Rim distinguished scholars report on the current state of the region's languages and provides a critical survey of the current state of the region's languages. They show what is currently known and recorded and what remains to be examined and documented. They consider which languages are the most vulnerable to extinction and what steps that can be taken to save them. Their analyses range from the regional to the local and focus on languages in a wide variety of social and ecological settings. Together they make a compelling case for research throughout the region, and show how and where this needs to be done.
Book Synopsis ICEL 2018 13th International Conference on e-Learning by : Professor Eunice Ivala
Download or read book ICEL 2018 13th International Conference on e-Learning written by Professor Eunice Ivala and published by Academic Conferences and publishing limited. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Postvelar Harmony by : Kimary N. Shahin
Download or read book Postvelar Harmony written by Kimary N. Shahin and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to phonologists concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation within Optimality Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated languages, Palestinian Arabic and St'át'imcets Salish, is examined in detail. The result is the first comprehensive clarification of postvelar phonology for either language. Two harmonies are distinguished: uvularisation harmony ('emphasis spread') and pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction) harmony. The distinction between these two in the Arabic and the Salish is supported by much instrumental phonetics data. The complex harmony properties are explained as the result of systematic interaction between Correspondence, Alignment and Grounded constraints. In the course of the investigation, the segmental inventories of both languages are clarified, and a careful understanding of the distinction between phonology and phonetics, and the use of phonetics in phonology, is applied.
Book Synopsis Salish Myths and Legends by : M. Terry Thompson
Download or read book Salish Myths and Legends written by M. Terry Thompson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich storytelling traditions of Salish-speaking peoples in the Pacific Northwest of North America are showcased in this anthology of story, legend, song, and oratory. From the Bitterroot Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, Salish-speaking communities such as the Bella Coola, Shuswap, Tillamook, Quinault, Colville-Okanagan, Coeur d'Alene, and Flathead have always been guided and inspired by the stories of previous generations. Many of the most influential and powerful of those tales appear in this volume.øSalish Myths and Legends features an array of Trickster stories centered on Coyote, Mink, and other memorable characters, as well as stories of the frightening Basket Ogress, accounts of otherworldly journeys, classic epic cycles such as South Wind?s Journeys and the Bluejay Cycle, tales of such legendary animals as Beaver and Lady Louse from the beginning of time, and stories that explain why things are the way they are. The anthology also includes humorous traditional tales, speeches, and fascinating stories of encounters with whites, including ?Circling Raven and the Jesuits.?øøTranslated by leading scholars working in close collaboration with Salish storytellers, these stories are certain to entertain and provoke, vividly testifying to the enduring power of storytelling in Native communities.
Book Synopsis Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification by : Adam Cooper
Download or read book Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification written by Adam Cooper and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification, Adam Cooper brings together two seemingly disparate phenomena associated with Indo-European syllable structure: the heterosyllabic treatment of medial consonant clusters, which tolerates CVC syllables, and the right-hand vocalization of sonorants, which ostensibly avoids them. Operating from a perspective that is simultaneously empirical, theoretical, and historical in nature, he establishes their compatibility by crafting a formal analysis that integrates them into a single picture of the reconstructed system. More generally, drawing on evidence from Vedic, Greek, and Proto-Indo-European itself, Cooper demonstrates the continued relevance of the ancient Indo-European languages to contemporary linguistic theory, and, moreover, reaffirms the value of the syllable as a unit of phonology, necessary for these languages’ formal representation.
Book Synopsis Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge by : Nancy J. Turner
Download or read book Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge written by Nancy J. Turner and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 1091 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1: The History and Practice of Indigenous Plant Knowledge Volume 2: The Place and Meaning of Plants in Indigenous Cultures and Worldviews Nancy Turner has studied Indigenous peoples' knowledge of plants and environments in northwestern North America for over forty years. In Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, she integrates her research into a two-volume ethnobotanical tour-de-force. Drawing on information shared by Indigenous botanical experts and collaborators, the ethnographic and historical record, and from linguistics, palaeobotany, archaeology, phytogeography, and other fields, Turner weaves together a complex understanding of the traditions of use and management of plant resources in this vast region. She follows Indigenous inhabitants over time and through space, showing how they actively participated in their environments, managed and cultivated valued plant resources, and maintained key habitats that supported their dynamic cultures for thousands of years, as well as how knowledge was passed on from generation to generation and from one community to another. To understand the values and perspectives that have guided Indigenous ethnobotanical knowledge and practices, Turner looks beyond the details of individual plant species and their uses to determine the overall patterns and processes of their development, application, and adaptation. Volume 1 presents a historical overview of ethnobotanical knowledge in the region before and after European contact. The ways in which Indigenous peoples used and interacted with plants - for nutrition, technologies, and medicine - are examined. Drawing connections between similarities across languages, Turner compares the names of over 250 plant species in more than fifty Indigenous languages and dialects to demonstrate the prominence of certain plants in various cultures and the sharing of goods and ideas between peoples. She also examines the effects that introduced species and colonialism had on the region's Indigenous peoples and their ecologies. Volume 2 provides a sweeping account of how Indigenous organizational systems developed to facilitate the harvesting, use, and cultivation of plants, to establish economic connections across linguistic and cultural borders, and to preserve and manage resources and habitats. Turner describes the worldviews and philosophies that emerged from the interactions between peoples and plants, and how these understandings are expressed through cultures’ stories and narratives. Finally, she explores the ways in which botanical and ecological knowledge can be and are being maintained as living, adaptive systems that promote healthy cultures, environments, and indigenous plant populations. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge both challenges and contributes to existing knowledge of Indigenous peoples' land stewardship while preserving information that might otherwise have been lost. Providing new and captivating insights into the anthropogenic systems of northwestern North America, it will stand as an authoritative reference work and contribute to a fuller understanding of the interactions between cultures and ecological systems.
Book Synopsis The Thompson Language by : Laurence C. Thompson
Download or read book The Thompson Language written by Laurence C. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis American Indian Linguistics and Ethnography in Honor of Laurence C. Thompson by : Anthony Mattina
Download or read book American Indian Linguistics and Ethnography in Honor of Laurence C. Thompson written by Anthony Mattina and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics by :
Download or read book University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Endangered Languages by : Robert Henry Robins
Download or read book Endangered Languages written by Robert Henry Robins and published by Berg Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis McGill Working Papers in Linguistics by :
Download or read book McGill Working Papers in Linguistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Indian Myths & Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America by : Franz Boas
Download or read book Indian Myths & Legends from the North Pacific Coast of America written by Franz Boas and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of Native myths and legends is an indispensable document in the history of North American anthropology.
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Download or read book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Studies in Salish Linguistics in Honor of M. Dale Kinkade by : Marvin Dale Kinkade
Download or read book Studies in Salish Linguistics in Honor of M. Dale Kinkade written by Marvin Dale Kinkade and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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