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Upper Chehalis Dictionary
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Language Name
Upper Chehalis.
Alternate Language Names
Q̉ʷay̓áyiłq̉.
Region
Washington, United States.
Who
M. Dale Kinkade (Compiler).
Others Involved
Lillian Young, Silas Heck, Frank Pete, Blanche Dawson, Benny Charley (Speakers); C.F. Voegelin (Institutional Support); Laurence C. Thompson, M. Terry Thompson (Linguistic Support); Robert W. Hsu, Frank Flynn, Branko Peric, Timothy R. Montler (Computer Assistance); Tony Mattina (Editing and Publishing Assistance); Nancy J. Turner, Eugene S. Hunn, Gene Deschamps (Assistance with Biological Entries); American Philosophical Society Library, Indiana University, the National Science Foundation, the University of Kansas, the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Zuiver Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Funding).
Publishing Information
Published 1991 by Occasional Papers in Linguistics No. 17, University of Montana.
How People are Cited
People are cited on the Acknowledgements page and throughout the Preface.
How Information is Cited
Speakers who worked on this dictionary directly are cited by name in the Acknowledgements and by name, community, and familial relations throughout the Preface. Speakers who have impacted this dictionary through earlier work with the Upper Chehalis language are cited by name, community, and familial relations in the Preface on pp. vii–viii. Previous publications are cited in the Preface on pp. vi–vii and in the References section of the Introduction on pp. xiv–xv.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary mainly comes from speakers during the compiler's fieldwork between 1960 and 1974. This dictionary also uses previous works from anthropologists and linguists. The two primary previously published materials used were a tape recording from 1951 of Murphy Secena and Silas Heck by linguist Leon Metcalf and anthropologist Franz Boas' fieldnotes from 1927. Boas worked with Jonas Secena, Blanche Dawson (then Blanche Pete), Marion Davis, Peter Heck, and Robbie Choke. All other previously compiled works, including recorded information regarding speakers who informed these works, are detailed in the Preface.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is available as a physical book.
Access
This dictionary is accessible through libraries.
The copy available through the UBC Library is only accessible through the Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) catalogue. Resources from the RBSC catalogue are non-circulating, meaning resources cannot be removed from the reading room. In order to access this resource, requests must be made directly to a RBSC team member. More information on accessing the copy of this dictionary available at UBC can be found here: https://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/visiting/
Included Languages and Directionality
Upper Chehalis to English; English to Upper Chehalis.
Dialects Included
This dictionary mainly includes information from the Oakville Chehalis dialect. However, this dictionary also includes information from the Satsop and Tenino Chehalis dialects.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are organized alphabetically by Upper Chehalis in the Upper Chehalis–English section of the dictionary, according to the alphabet detailed on p. xii. Entries in this section are numbered and include the Upper Chehalis headword (either a full word, or root or stem), the English translation, alternative spelling conventions from previous publications (marked by the author's initials as detailed on p. xii), and plural forms (if the entry is a full word) or derivative forms (if the entry is a root or stem). Some entries have an example sentence. Entries are organized alphabetically by English in the English–Upper Chehalis section of the dictionary. Entries in this section contain the English headword, a general English definition, and the corresponding Upper Chehalis entry (along with its entry number).
The dictionary's frontmatter includes a brief description of the dialects and a guide to pronunciation.
Following the dictionary, there are several appendixes, including information on place names, personal names, and loan words. The last two appendixes are affix lists. The first is a suffix list, wherein entries include the head Upper Chehalis suffix, the English translation, and variations or possible relations of the suffix, followed by a list of roots and stems with which the suffix has been found. Entries in the following list of grammatical affixes contain largely similar information. The grammatical affixes list includes information on prefixes, grammatical suffixes which occur in variant shapes, and unclear endings (i.e., forms which are possible suffixes, but cannot be clearly determined).
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | A detailed description in the Introduction, starting on p. viv |
| Audio | ❌ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Only occasionally, in the Upper Chehalis–English section |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | Marked by their initials in lowercase letters within entries as detailed on pp. xiii–xiv of the Introduction |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Marked by abbreviations within entries as detailed on p. xiii of the Introduction |
Other Notes
The copy of this dictionary available through the UBC Library is only accessible through the Rare Books and Special Collections catalogue. Resources from the RBSC catalogue are non-circulating, meaning resources cannot be removed from the reading room. In order to access this resource through the UBC Library, requests must be made directly to a RBSC team member. More information on accessing the copy of this dictionary available at UBC through the RBSC can be found here: https://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/visiting/
External Links
Reference on WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/title/24613221
A review of the dictionary by Dell Hymes (1992) in Language, Vol. 68, No. 2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/416976 (Requires institutional access)
A review of the dictionary by Steven M. Egesdal (1994) in Anthropological Linguistics, Vol. 36, No. 2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30028300 (Requires institutional access)
A review of the dictionary by Dawn Bates (1997) in International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 63, No. 2. https://www-journals-uchicago-edu.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/doi/abs/10.1086/466325 (Requires institutional access)