1891: The Oath, and Settler supremacy
We know Chinuk Wawa was used in court testimony all around the Pacific Northwest, but mysteries have persisted around this subject…
Monthly Archive: September, 2020
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Bless my soul, yet another Stó:lō Salish religious word in Kamloops CW
Verse 12, in a Chinuk Wawa translation of the old Catholic hymn “Stabat Mater”, reveals yet another Salish treasure…
So, what can & can’t we put =na on?
What kinds of words and phrases allow the early creolized Chinuk Wawa “Yes/No Question” marker =na?
Research recommendation: SWORP
I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Again, Métis “French of the Mountains” influence?
In our Saturday (09.26.2020) CW Zoom session, a minor tangent emerged…
“Resumptive pronouns” & definiteness effects
The following is excerpted from one of our recent Saturday learning sessions on Zoom, and I think it includes new discoveries.
1862: Travels in British Columbia by Barrett-Lennard
There isn’t a ton of “Chinnook” Wawa in today’s featured book, but it’s nonetheless a snapshot of early coastal BC use of this language.
Why ípsət is NOT from Salish
An etymological idea that we can shoot down…
pre-1857: “Siwash coat”
Another tidy morsel of linguistic archaeology for you…
míməlus(t) as a noun, and linguistic anthropology
Thanks to Coquelle Thompson of Siletz, we can clarify a gap in our knowledge of Chinuk Wawa.