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Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar for the Coast Tsimshian Language
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Language Name
Coast Tsimshian.
Alternate Language Names
sm'álgyax, sm’algya̱x.
Region
British Columbia, Canada; Alaska, United States.
Who
John A. Dunn (Compiler and Editor).
Others Involved
Alfred Anderson, Clarence Anderson, Daphne Anderson, Louise Anderson, Johnnie Clifton, Josiah Dundas, Elizabeth Dundas, Ernie Hill Jr., Ambrose Robinson, Arthur Robinson, Cora Robinson, Violet Robinson, Dick Wilson, and Mildred Wilson (Consultants and Contributors of Hartley Bay); Dorothy Brown, Josephine Brown, Frank Ryan, Maude Tolmie, and Kathleen Vickers (Consultants and Contributors of Kitkatla); Arnold Booth, Alfred Eaton, Martha Eaton, Mary Guthrie, and Harold Hudson (Consultants and Contributors of Metlakatla); Paul Starr (Consultant/Contributor of Kitselas, Kitkatla, and Prince Rupert); Pauline Dudoward, Verna Helin, Beatrice Robinson, and Mildred Wilson, of the Tsimshian Language Committee (Revisions); John Dunn, Ernie Hill Jr., Vonnie Hutchingson, Susan Marsden, and Marie-Lucie Turpent (Linguists); National Museum of Man, American Philosophical Society, National Endowment for Humanities, and Provincial Museum of British Columbia (Support for Dunn's fieldwork) Hartley Bay Band, and Museum of Man (Support for the 1979 Grammar).
Publishing Information
Published 1995 by the University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, and Sealaska Heritage Foundation, Juneau, Alaska.
The dictionary and the grammar are published as two separate volumes.
How People are Cited
Contributors are cited in the dictionary's introductory pages, specifically under Language Consultants and Contributors, Revisions to the 1978 Dictionary, Preface to the 1978 Edition, and the Preface to the 1979 Edition of the grammar.
How Information is Cited
The source of information is cited in the introductory pages of the dictionary, specifically under Language Consultants and Contributors and Revisions to the 1978 Dictionary.
Where is Information Coming from
This is a two-part revised edition of A Practical Dictionary of the Coast Tsimshian Language (1978) and A Reference Grammar for the Coast Tsimshian Language (1979), both by John A. Dunn. Information in the 1978 dictionary and 1979 grammar come from speakers and previously published works. The previously published words include: Boas' 1912 Tsimshian Texts, Hindle and Rigsby's 1973 A Short Practical Dictionary of the Gitksan Language, and Susman's 1940 Tsimshian Materials.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical book, and as a digital book (PDF).
Access
The physical dictionary is available at libraries. The digital copy of the dictionary is open access, and is available through the Alaska Native Language Archive.
Included Languages and Directionality
Sm'álgyax (Tsimshian) to English.
Dialects Included
This dictionary includes language informed by speakers from Hartley Bay, Kitkaytla, Metlakatla, and Prince Rupert.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, mono-directional wordlist with an English index. A detailed grammar is included in part II.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organised alphabetically by Sm'álgyax. All entries are numbered; sub-entries have the same whole number as the main entry with an additional decimal point (ex. 195 as a main entry, with 195.1 as a sub-entry). The numbers are used to reference entries in the English index. More information on notations and abbreviations used in the entries can be found in the section titled The Entry.
The Index is organized alphabetically by English.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ❌ | |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | By abbreviations of in each entry |
Other Notes
The digitized copy of the dictionary is a PDF scan of the physical dictionary hosted on the University of Alaska Fairbanks website in the Alaska Native Language Archive in two parts. Part I is the dictionary, and Part II is the grammar.
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/30972937
The digitized copy of the dictionary and grammar can be found open access on the Alaska Native Language Archive: https://www.uaf.edu/anla/record.php?identifier=TS968D1995b
The PDF copy of Part I: A Practical Dictionary of the Coast Tsimshian Language on the Alaska Native Language Archive: https://uafanlc.alaska.edu/Online/TS968D1995b/TS968D1995b%20dictionary.pdf
The PDF copy of Part II: A Reference Grammar for the Coast Tsimshian Language on the Alaska Native Language Archive: https://uafanlc.alaska.edu/Online/TS968D1995b/TS968D1995b%20grammar.pdf