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Genre/Form: | Glossaries, vocabularies, etc History Chinook language materials Glossaires, vocabulaires, etc |
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Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Lang |
ISBN: | 9780774815260 9780774815277 0774815272 0774815264 |
OCLC Number: | 242051316 |
Language Note: | Includes some text in Chinook jargon. |
Description: | xiv, 198 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | The Nootka jargon -- Pidgin Chinook -- Approximations at Astoria -- The hothouse of Fort Vancouver -- Waves of Wawa -- Conclusion -- Appendix-- Manuscript 195: A partially annotated early glossary of Chinook jargon. |
Series Title: | First nations languages. |
Responsibility: | George Lang. |
Abstract:
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 ...
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