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Lawrence Nicodemus's Snchitsu'umshtsn File Card Collection in Dictionary Format
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Language Name
Coeur d'Alene.
Alternate Language Names
Snchitsu’umshtsn.
Region
Idaho, United States.
Who
Lawrence G. Nicodemus (original compiler), John Lyon (editor).
Others Involved
Organizations: the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Language Program, and an American Philosophical Foundation Phillips Fund Grant (support).
Individuals: Dr. Raymond Brinkman of the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Language Program in Plummer, Idaho (initial discovery of the file card collection, preservation of the collection, photocopying the collection); Dr. Anthony Mattina, Dr. Timothy Montler, Dr. Ivy Doak, Kim Matheson (support); Dr. Shannon Bischoff (made this material available as part of an online database).
Publishing Information
Published 2010 in the Northwest Journal of Linguistics, Volume 4, Issue 2, pp. 1-110.
It is a 110 page addendum to Lawrence Nicodemus's Coeur d'Alene dictionary in root format (Lyon and Greene-Wood 2007).
How People are Cited
Contributors are cited by name in the Acknowledgements section.
How Information is Cited
The source of information is cited in the Preface.
Where is Information Coming from
The information in this dictionary comes from late Elder Lawrence G. Nicodemus's collection of file cards. It is inferred that these handwritten file cards were used during the compilation of what would become Nicodemus’s 1975 Coeur d’Alene-English dictionary Snchitsu’umshtsn).
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a digital book, and was published as part of a journal.
Access
This dictionary is open access.
Included Languages and Directionality
Coeur d'Alene (Snchitsu’umshtsn) to English.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional, root dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Coeur d'Alene, following English alphabetical ordering.
The entries in this dictionary are Coeur d'Alene roots transcribed in the Northwest orthography. The entries include English translations and Nicodemus's original transcriptions.
Entries which are crossed out were crossed out by Nicodemus in the file cards. Underlines are used to highlight differences between the file cards and Nicodemus's published dictionary.
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
Entries included in this dictionary are transcribed into the Northwest (NW) orthography.
These file cards were originally published in 1975 under the title Snchitsu'umshtsn: the Coeur d'Alene language.
External Links
This dictionary is open access on the Northwest Journal of Linguistics website: https://www.sfu.ca/nwjl/Articles/V004_N02/LyonNicodemusCards.html