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The Shuswap Language: Grammar, Texts, Dictionary

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Language Name

Secwepemctsín.

Alternate Language Names

Shuswap, Secwepemc.

Region

British Columbia, Canada.

Who

Aert H. Kuipers.

Others Involved

English Dekker, Bridget Dekker, Theodore Michel, Edith Michel, George Daniels, May Dixon, Theresa Archie, David Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Henry Squanihan, Charles Johnson, Celine Alphonse, Charles Draney, Nells Mitchell (Speakers); Dawn Stuart, Nancy Turner (Botanical Identification); Randy Bouchard (Archived Materials and Orthography Assistance); the University of Leiden (Secretarial Assistance); Joke Bakker, Ad Huijsmans (Manuscript Work); the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (Funding); Mr. Schoonderwoerd, Mr. Gerfin, Mr. Bras, Mr. van Rijn (Mouton Printers).

Publishing Information

Published 1974 by Mouton & Co. N.V., the Hague, Netherlands.

How People are Cited

People are cited by name and community in the Preface of the dictionary. Speakers are occasionally cited by their initials within entries.

How Information is Cited

Speakers are cited in the Preface, and previous publications are listed on the References page.

Where is Information Coming from

The information in this dictionary mainly comes from speakers during the author's fieldwork in 1953 and 1968–1970. The author also used archived tapes of speaker Seymour Petel. Information also comes from previously published materials as listed in References on p. 298.

Tools and Framework used

This dictionary is available as a physical book.

Access

This dictionary is accessible through libraries.

Included Languages and Directionality

Secwepemctsín to English.

Dialects Included

This dictionary includes information from the Canim Lake, Alkali Lake, and Deadman's Creek dialects.

Type of Dictionary

This is a bilingual, mono-directional dictionary introduced by a thorough grammar and a corpus of stories.

How are Entries Organised

Entries are organized alphabetically by Secwepemctsín according to the alphabet on p. 133. Prefixes and roots are listed as main entries with derivations listed below. All entries include the Secwepemctsín headword and English translation. Most entries include dialect information, etymological information, phonetic information, and plural reduplications and derivatives. Some entries include example sentences and cross references to neighbouring languages, including Coeur d'Alene, Flathead, Halkomelem, and Squamish examples. After the dictionary section, there is a list of suffixes, starting on p. 281.

The grammar that precedes the dictionary includes sections on phonology, morphology, and syntax.

Following the grammar there is a corpus of stories, most of which were recorded by the author from speakers in Alkali Lake and Deadman's Creek. Each text includes the written Secwepemctsín, an English translation, and an analysis of the language used.

Other Features

Feature Included More Information
Guide to use and understand A list of Abbreviations, Symbols, References on p. 11, and the Introduction to Dictionary section on pp. 133–134
Audio
Images
Example phrases In some entries
Speakers marked Occasionally speakers are marked with their initials
Dialects marked Marked with acronyms and when speaker initials are used (speakers are identified by their communities in the Preface, indicating dialect)

External Links

Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/983764