Dictionary of upriver Halkomelem [[electronic resource] /] / Brent D. Galloway

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780637403321
• Autore: Galloway Brent Douglas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-36007-8; 9786612360077; 0-520-94518-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1729 p.)
• Collana: University of California publications in linguistics ; ; v. 141
• Disciplina: 497/.3
• Soggetti: Halkomelem language - English; English language - Stalo
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem -- Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- 1Introduction -- Galloway: Upriver Halkomelem Dictionary Halkomelem to English -- A -- CH -- CH' -- E -- H -- I -- K -- K' -- KW -- KW' -- L -- LH -- M -- N -- O -- Ô -- P -- P' -- Q -- Q' -- QW -- QW' -- R (reduplication) -- S -- SH -- T -- T' -- TH -- TH' -- TL' -- TS -- TS' -- U -- W -- X -- XW -- X -- XW -- Y -- 'OR' -- Galloway: Upriver Halkomelem Dictionary English-to-Halq'eméylem Index -- a -- b -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- x -- y -- z
• Sommario/riassunto: An extensive dictionary (almost 1800 pages) of the Upriver dialects of Halkomelem, an Amerindian language of B.C.,giving information from almost 80 speakers gathered by the author over a period of 40 years. Entries include names and dates of citation, dialect information, phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic information, domain memberships of each alloseme, examples of use in sentences, and much cultural information.