Pdf the typological position and theoretical status of polysynthesis. The polysynthetic nuu chah nulth language, nootka, which belongs to the wakashan language group and is still spoken by about 500 people. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Grammatical possession in nuuchahnulth ubc library. The morphosyntactic regularities are examined in the context of general structural characteristics of the. I discuss basic properties of prosodic structures and their relationship with some phonological processes. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Outside in dependencies in nuu chah nulth affixation rachel wojdak university of british columbia this paper addresses the linearization of affixes. The acquisition register entry for this artefact reads. Chapter 2 provides a general overview of nuu chah nulth morphosyntax as is relevant to the examination of possessive structures. Wakashan first nations languages of british columbia. This volume describes aspects of word and sentenceformation in nuuchahnulth formerly known as nootka, a language spoken on the west coast of vancouver island, british columbia, canada.
Nuuchahnulth nootka morphosyntax toshihide nakayama for kumiko, erika, and maika contents list of tables, xiii acknowledgments, xv abbreviations and. Nuu chah nulth is a wakashan language spoken in the pacific northwest of north america, on the west coast of vancouver island from barkley sound to quatsino sound in british columbia, by the nuu chah nulth people. Nuu chah nulth is a southern wakashan language related to nitinaht and makah. The collection also contains a small quantity of material on other indigenous languages of north america, including grekoffs original field notes on southeastern pomo from 1957 and field notes on nuu chah nulth, skagit, and kwakwala from grekoffs time at the university of washington from 19621967, portions of which were collected as part of.
The author has placed restrictions on the pdf copy of this thesis. Reason, that particularly exalted human quality, has become steadily distanced from the metaphysical aspects of. Wakashan family, an endangered amerindian language remarkable for its complex morphology. Media in category nuuchah nulth the following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The morphosyntactic regularities are examined in the context of general structural characteristics of the language in an. Netp can help you get the confidence and skills you need to find and keep the job you want. Nuuchahnulth word formation nuuchahnulth is known for its striking use of wordformation and complex. Introduction the makah tribe in neah bay, washington has a history of whaling for subsistence purposes dating back at least 2,000 years. Affixal predicates in nuu chah nulth exhibit a suffixation pattern reminiscent of the. Kim 2003 argues that nuu chah nulth allows one and only one consonant in the onset position and a maximum of three consonants in the coda position. Description this dissertation covers a broad range of the phonological and morphological phenomena found in nuu chah nulth, a wakashan language of british columbia. Prosodic structures in nuu chah nulth pose many interesting typological issues. Nuuchahnulth nootka morphosyntax by toshihide nakayama.
The morphosyntactic regularities are examined in the context of general structural. Request an exam or desk copy recommend to your library pdf rightslink rights and. The goals of the dissertation are documentation and description of the language, and investigation of theoretical issues raised by the language data. Sideview of nuu chah nulth whaling hat click to expand description. This paper is loosely structured as a chronological conglomeration of accounts of this history. Nuuchahnulth and makah languages, see toshihide nakayama, nuuchah nulth nootka morphosyntax berke ley. Theoretical issues in nuuchahnulth phonology and morphology. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Describing morphosyntax top results of your surfing describing morphosyntax start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. Nuuchahnulth1, formerly known as nootka, is spoken along the west coast of.
There are many factors contributing to endangerment, but above all, there is an enormous. Ebook describing morphosyntax as pdf download portable. Pdf phonology of onset and coda in nuuchahnulth syllables. Evidence from nuu chah nulth rachel wojdak in chapter 4, an analysis was presented of the argument structure of affixal predicates which take nominal complements. Jpg from wikimedia commons, the free media repository jump to navigation jump to search.
Using auditory, acoustic, and articulatory evidence, this article documents the effects of all postvelar consonants on all vowels. In contrast to parallel structures crosslinguistically, nuu chah nulth possessor raising can occur only from possessed subjects, but it is otherwise unrestricted by possessor or predicate type. This hypothesis is tested against extensive original data from nuu chah nulth \ nootka \. The provenance of the term nuuchahnulth, meaning along the outside of vancouver island dates from the 1970s, when the.
First, the reader will find a short precontact ethnography to provide a glimpse of the cultural context in which. A people indigenous to vancouver island in western canada. Nuu chah nulth has a class of morphologically bound predicates termed affixal predicates which participate in a linearization strategy of suffixation. Chapter 2 provides a general overview of nuuchahnulth morphosyntax as is. Eugene richard atleo western philosophy has long held scientific rationalism in a place of honour. Previous phonetic documentation of nuu chah nulth consonantvowel interactions has either solely relied on transcriptions or has been incomplete in some other respect. Linguistic theory and complex words nuuchahnulth word. Chapter 4 provides additional characteristics of nuu chah nulth prosody such as syllable structure, prosodic units, vowel hiatus and consonant clusters. Nuuchahnulth, part of the southern wakashan branch of the wakashan language family, has a suffix. Conical shaped hat, matted illustrated in captain cooks voyages. When explorer captain james cook encountered nuu chah nulth villagers at yuquot nootka island, west of vancouver island in 1778, he misunderstood the name for their nation to be nootka, the term historically used to describe the nuu chah nulth.
Nuuchahnulth nootka morphosyntax nakayama, toshihide on. The empirical focus of the study is nuu chah nulth nuucaanut, a southern wakashan language. The term nuu chah nulth is used to describe fifteen related tribes whose traditional home is on the west coast of vancouver island. Nuuchahnulth nootka translation services english to. Pdf nuuchahnulth nootka morphosyntax toshihide nakayama. This is a concise reference to nuuchahnulth grammar, intended for quick reference. The name nuu chah nulth was chosen by the people themselves, to reflect the depth of their historic relationships. Unlike in other types of possession, the possessor and its possessum do not form a single constituent.
Hat, nuu chah nulth nootka, british columbia, canada, c. Nuuchahnulth grammar reference for lc language notes. Most reconstructions of nuu chah nulth culture history, including the generalized west coast culture type, are based primarily on the lengthy cultural sequence known from yuquot, at the entrance to nootka sound. Nuuchahnulth is known for its striking use of wordformation and complex inflection. Differing perspectives on makah whaling litigation a. Nuu chah nulth nootka are indigenous peoples of the pacific northwest coast in canada. Grammatical possession in nuuchahnulth university of.
Nuu chah nulth nootka whaling hat, probably brought back from captain cooks third voyage. Nuuchahnulth nootka morphosyntax toshihide nakayama 2001 nuu chah nulth language from the native languages of the americas site, with links to texts, vocabulary, and orthography examples last updated in 2009 nuu chah nulth learn our language audio files of phrases, words, and alphabet. In a pharyngeal environment, f1, f2 and f3 all undergo some change. Chapter 2 discusses the internal structure of nuu chah nulth words and morphological properties that.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The effects of postvelar consonants on vowels in nuuchah. Elements of traditional storytelling are woven throughout a. The data in the paper are from the ahousaht dialect. An acoustic analysis of vowel formants in rjctpigcn cpf. Acoustic evidence for as a glottalized pharyngeal glide in. This includes a basic description of the formation of words, agreement, my assumptions about clausal and dp structure, and word order. Nuu chah nulth, which constitutes, along with ditidaht and makah, the southern branch of the wakashan family, is in immediate danger of extinction. John jewitt 17831821, a blacksmith by trade, spent the years 18031806 as a slave among the nuu chah nulth people of nootka sound, off the pacific coast of vancouver island, canada, after the trading vessel on which he served as armorer was attacked and. The driving proposal of this book is that affixation provides a means of satisfying the universal requirement that linguistic outputs be linearized. Aspects included are polysynthetic word formation, word classes, and clause structure. I nuu chah nulth nootka is spoken on the west coast of vancouver island from barkely sound north to quatsino sound and consists of dialects. Media in category fur clothing of nuu chah nulth people the following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total.
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