Palaver?
Very low probability of this reflecting “shipboard English”, but the chance of a connection between Chinuk Wawa and other pidgin languages will entice some creolists…
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LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 14
Here’s a good one: banning Native immigration!
Sojourning Sisters
Thank goodness, there’s another fine book by BC’s master historian Jean Barman to share with you!
LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 13
Short and sweet: no more slavery.
And I’m determined to get the Jargon!
That feeling when you get hooked on this language is portrayed in a video clip: (I hope this video embeds & shows up all right!)https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/embed/fe09ff12-e8d2-4fbc-941e-3ab444a48b67?autoplay=false
LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 12
Education and health care…
“Should” we see Salish influence in Chinuk Wawa commands?
A hot lead, or a cold “should”er?
LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 11
Prohibition, 1855 racially-segregated style.
Whiskey Joe
Now to Okanagan/Spokane country, from The Coast…
LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 10
A law talking about laws.