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A Tsilhqút’ín Grammar

by (author) Eung-Do Cook

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2021
Category
General, Grammar & Punctuation, Sociolinguistics
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774865708
    Publish Date
    Aug 2021
    List Price
    $60.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774825160
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $165.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774845212
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $165.00

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Description

Tsilhqút’ín, also known as Chilcotin, is a northern Athabaskan language spoken by the people of the Chilco River (Tsilhqóx) in Interior British Columbia. This language is spoken by approximately two thousand adults in six reserves, and both spoken and written forms are taught as part of school curricula. Until now, the literature on Tsilhqút’ín contained very little description of the language. With forty-seven consonants and six vowels plus tone, the phonological system is notoriously complex.

 

This book is the first comprehensive grammar of Tsilhqu´t’i´n. It covers all aspects of linguistic structure -- phonology, morphology, and syntax -- including negation and questions. Also included are three stories passed down by Tsilhqút’ín elders Helena Myers (translated by Maria Myers), William Myers, and Mabel Alphonse (translated by Bella Alphonse), which are annotated with linguistic analysis. The product of decades of work by linguist Eung-Do Cook, A Tsilhqút’ín Grammar makes an important contribution to the ongoing documentation of Athabaskan languages.

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Contributor Notes

Eung-Do Cook is a professor emeritus of linguistics at the University of Calgary.