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Spokane Dictionary
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Language Name
Salish.
Alternate Language Names
Séliš, Salish-Spokane-Kalispel, Kalispel-Pend d'oreille, Kalispel-Spokane-Flathead, spoqín, Montana Salish.
Region
Montana and Washington, United States.
Who
Barry Carlson (Compiler); Pauline Flett (Speaker and Compiler).
Others Involved
Margaret Sherwood, Salina Pascal, Albert Sam, Antoine Andrews, Nancy Flett, Lucy Peuse (Speakers); Alice Abrahamson, John B. Flett, Agnes Wynn, Mary Moses, Sadie Boyd, Catherine Andrews, Gibson Moses, Smokey Abrahamson, Antoine Peuse (Contributors); Bob May, Nancy Turner (Ethnobotanical Data); Chief Alex Sherwood (Cultural Liason); Anthony Mattina, Robert Hsu, Timothy Montler, Deirdre Black, Larry Eby, the University of Montana (Technical Assistance and Support); the University of Victoria, the National Science Foundation, the Canada Council, the Jacobs Funds of the Whatcom Museum, the Spokane Tribe of Indians, the Alex Sherwood-Mary Owhi Moses Language Trust (Funding).
Publishing Information
Published 1989 by UMOPL (University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics), No. 6, Missoula.
How People are Cited
People are cited on the title page, in the Acknowledgements, and Introduction.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited by name on the title page, in the Acknowledgements, and Introduction.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from speakers, based on fieldwork from the compilers'.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical book.
Access
This dictionary is accessible through libraries.
Included Languages and Directionality
Salish to English; English to Salish.
Dialects Included
This dictionary includes information from the Spokane and Kalispel dialects.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional root dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Salish in the Spokane-English section according to the alphabet on p. iv. The headwords in this dictionary are roots and lexical suffixes. Entries include headword, its English translation(s), and derivational forms (written as grammatical analysis) in Salish followed by the English translation (often translated as a sentence in English). Variations in spelling of the headword are included in parentheses directly after the headword.
Entries in the English-Salish section are organized alphabetically by English. Entries include the English headword, the Salish root equivalent (if applicable), the Salish translation (often requiring a root and several affixes), derivational forms or similar words or phrases in English followed by the Salish translation.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Description in the Introduction, starting on p. iv |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | In most entries |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Kalispel is marked by its initials, all other (unmarked) information is Spokane |
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://worldcat.org/title/26095030
Reviews of the dictionary:
1) Brent Galloway. 1996. International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 62, No. 4: 415–418. https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/doi/abs/10.1086/466306
2) Ivy G. Doak. 1990. Language, Vol. 66, No. 2: 410–411. https://www.jstor.org/stable/414905?saml_data=eyJzYW1sVG9rZW4iOiI0NjBkMTlmZC1mMjYyLTRiMWMtYmIxNi0xZWUyNzAyZDhhNGUiLCJpbnN0aXR1dGlvbklkcyI6WyIxMjJiMTFjOS00YWE5LTQzY2UtYWQzZS0xMmUyYTE4YmU3ZWUiXX0
3) M. Dale Kinkade. 1990. American Anthropologist, Vol. 92, No. 2: 521–522. https://www.jstor.org/stable/680179?saml_data=eyJzYW1sVG9rZW4iOiJmYjc5YTdkNC02NTA3LTQ4MDEtYTJlZS1hNzBlYzgwYzVkYjYiLCJpbnN0aXR1dGlvbklkcyI6WyIxMjJiMTFjOS00YWE5LTQzY2UtYWQzZS0xMmUyYTE4YmU3ZWUiXX0