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Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem: Volume I and II
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Language Name
Halkomelem.
Alternate Language Names
Halq̓eméylem, Hul̓q̓umín̓um̓, hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓.
Region
British Clumbia Canada; Washington, United States.
Who
Brent D. Galloway.
Others Involved
Over eighty speakers are cited by name, community, and dialect, including Elders from the Coqualeet7a Elders Group, Stalo Heritage Project Elders Group, Halkomelem Workshop Elders Group (Nooksack Tribe), those who contributed at the Elders meetings at Sardis, and Elders on Oliver Well’s tapes. This includes speakers of the Chillikwack, Chehalis, Tait, Sumas/Kilgard, and Downriver dialects.
Ralph Maud, Marie Weeden (transcription and annotation of Oliver Wells' tapes); Mary Wilde, Darren Okemaysim, Sonja van Eijk (research assistants); Dr. Bob Hsu (Lexware programming assistance), Dr. Tim Montler, Pam Cahn (computational data entry).
Publishing Information
Published 2009, University of California Press, Berkeley.
How People are Cited
People are cited by name and community in the About the Elders section of the dictionary, and by initials within each entry.
How Information is Cited
Information is cited in the About the Elders and References sections of the dictionary. References to specific sources, which includes specific Elders, are cited within entries.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary is from speakers, gathered by the author between 1970 and this dictionary's publishing (2009), and numerous previously published resources listed in the References section of the dictionary.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as both a physical and digital book.
Access
Both the physical and digital books are available through libraries. The physical book can be purchased from the publisher for $94.95 CA. The digitized version is open access through the University of California.
Included Languages and Directionality
Halkomelem to English; English to Halkomelem (Index).
Dialects Included
This is a dictionary of the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem, specifically the subdialects of Chilliwack, Chehalis, Tait, and Sumas/Kilgard.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary. It is introduced by a thorough grammar and introduction to the language and the speakers.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Halkomelem in the Halkomelem to English section of the dictionary, and by English in the English to Halkomelem Index that follows.
The Halkomelem to English section is formatted as a root dictionary. Each entry includes a headword in the Stó:lō orthography, followed by the morphological category, IPA transcriptions, a form with segmented affixes, sometimes followed by phonemic and/or phonetic transcriptions. Entries also include source information and example sentences.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | In How to Use the Dictionary section |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | In most entries |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | By their initials in each entry |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Within each entry explicitly or through the speaker's initials (in About the Elders each speaker's dialect is noted) |
Other Notes
This dictionary is thorough and linguistically dense. First interactions with the dictionary may include a steep learning curve due to the large amount of information included.
External Links
Open Access (both volumes) through the University of California Press: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65r158r4
The physical dictionary is available for purchase through University of California Press for $94.95 here: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520098725/dictionary-of-upriver-halkomelem
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/317461771