Chinook : a history and dictionary of the Northwest coast trade jargon
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Thomas, Edward Harper, 1868-1937
issued: 2019-03-18
issued: 1935
description: "The centuries-old trade language of the Indians of the pacific. A history of its origin and its adoption and use by the traders, trappers, pioneers and early settlers of the northwest coast."--Title page. "Books on the jargon: p. [48]-59."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 192.
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extent: ix unnumbered pages, 179 pages : illustrations, advertisements ; 21 cm
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note: AMDmCTIONARy WfflBB MARPER THOMAS m CHINOOK A History and Dictionary By Edward Harper Thomas Long of interest to students of Northwest history, Chinook Jargon is rapidly finding a new kind of reader, one casually but humanly curious about the ancient red man's language of trade and diplomacy. At one time this Jargon must have been spoken by a hundred thousand Indians, whites, and mixed bloods of the Pacific Northwest Coast. In current speech it appears only rarely in a nostalgic word or phrase. Yet it is a language of permanence. The place names of the Northwest and the history of the trappers and traders are storehouses for its pungent, sometimes poetic syllables. The author-compiler, Edward Harper Thomas, gathered and verified his massive amount of fact over many years. So thorough was this research that now after almost two decades his dictionary and history are here reprinted in unchallenged accuracy. It was his theory that the Jargon began in the trade necessities of prehistoric slaves and in shell money commerce between the Lower Chinooks and the Noot- kans. Adding a word from one tribe then another, the language (Continued on back flap) CHINOOK:..;: A History and Dictionary By Edward Harper Thomas CHINOOK: A HISTORY AND DICTIONARY CHINOOK oA History and 'Dictionary Of the Northwest Coast Trade Jargon THE CENTURIES-OLD TRADE LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF THE PACIFIC. A HISTORY OF ITS ORIGIN AND ITS ADOPTION AND USE BY THE TRADERS, TRAPPERS, PIONEERS AND EARLY SETTLERS OF THE NORTHWEST COAST. By Edward Harper Thomas 1935 METROPOLITAN PRESS, PUBLISHERS PORTLAND, OREGON El COPYRIGHT, 1935, BY METROPOLITAN PRESS PORTLAND, OREGON PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO MY LIFELONG FRIEND MRS. R. A. PRITSCHIE A GRANDDAUGHTER OF THE CLALLAMS CONTENTS Page Chapter 1—Other Chinook Dictionaries . . 1 Chapter 2—Long Existence op the Northwest Tribes 5 Chapter 3—Fixed Lingual Similarities ... 9 Chapter 4—Trade Languages 14 Chapter 5—The Jargon Before the Trading Post 21 C…
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has type: Books
has type: Dictionaries
identifier: PM846 .T45
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0377118
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Portland : Metropolitan Press
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subject: Chinook jargon
subject: Chinook jargon--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
type: Text