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Bless my soul, yet another Stó:lō Salish religious word in Kamloops CW

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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?

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What kinds of words and phrases allow the early creolized Chinuk Wawa “Yes/No Question” marker =na?

Research recommendation: SWORP

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I want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Again, Métis “French of the Mountains” influence?

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In our Saturday (09.26.2020) CW Zoom session, a minor tangent emerged…

“Resumptive pronouns” & definiteness effects

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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

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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

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An etymological idea that we can shoot down…

pre-1857: “Siwash coat”

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Another tidy morsel of linguistic archaeology for you…

míməlus(t) as a noun, and linguistic anthropology

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Thanks to Coquelle Thompson of Siletz, we can clarify a gap in our knowledge of Chinuk Wawa.

Serial verbs as a local “accent” in Victoria Chinuk Wawa

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Keeping this simple, I think I can still get the point across easily…