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A Voice Great Within Us
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Language Name
Chinook Jargon.
Alternate Language Names
Chinuk Wawa, Chinook Wawa, Chinook, Jargon.
Region
British Columbia, Canada; Washington and Oregon, United States.
Who
Charles Lillard (Author), Terry Glavin (Series Editor). Either Charles Lillard and Terry Glavin are listed as the authors of individual chapters.
Others Involved
Rhonda Batchelor (Content Assistance); Barbara Harris, Mike Cleven, Jeffrey Kopp (Resource Assistance); Ralph Maurer (Editing); Theresa Kishkan, Alex Rose (Support).
Publishing Information
Published 1998 as part of the Transmontanus series, New Star Books, Vancouver. The lexicon is included as part of a larger volume on Chinook Jargon.
How People are Cited
Contributors are cited in the Foreword of the book.
How Information is Cited
Information is cited in the introductory paragraphs of the section A Chinook Lexicon, starting on page 75.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from previously published works, specifically:
Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, The Indian Trade Language of the Pacific Coast, T. N. Hibben and Co., Booksellers and Stationers, Printers and Paperbox Manufacturers, Victoria, 1871.
The Chinook Jargon And How To Use It: A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language on the American Continent by George C. Shaw, Rainier Printing Company, Inc., Seattle, Washington, 1909.
Chinook: A History and Dictionary of the Northwest Coast Trade Jargon by Edward Harper Thomas, Metropolitan Press, Portland Oregon, 1935.
An International Idiom: A Manual of the Oregon Trade Language, or Chinook Jargon by Horatio Hale, Whittaker and Co., London, England, 1890.
Chinook Rudiments by Jean-Marie Le Jeune, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Kamloops, 1924.
Tools and Framework used
This lexicon is included as part of a collection of Chinook-English poetry, English anecdotes about Chinook Jargon, grammatical information on Chinook. The Chinook wordlist through which the editor aimed to exhibit the the ways Chinook Jargon developed from a pidgin to a creole. It is available as a physical book or as a digital book, which is a scanned version of the original physical book.
Access
This resource is available through libraries as a physical book or as a digitized version of the physical book with a library login.
Included Languages and Directionality
Chinook Jargon to English, English to Chinook Jargon.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This lexicon is a bidirectional wordlist meant to illustrate the expansion of Chinook Jargon from a pidgin to a creole. The lexicon is found within a larger resource which is a compilation of poetry, historical anecdotes, and a grammar.
How are Entries Organised
The entries are organized alphabetically by Chinook Jargon in the Chinook-English section, and then by English in the English-Chinook section.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ❌ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
The lexicon begins on page 75.
External Links
The digitized article is accessible with a library login from some institutions (including a UBC Library login): https://canadacommons-ca.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/artifacts/1870214/a-voice-great-within-us/2619379/view/
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/39354911