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Making Wawa : The Genesis of Chinook Jargon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: First Nations Languages SeriesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (215 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774815284
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making WawaDDC classification:
  • 497/.41
LOC classification:
  • PM846 -- .L35 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- 1 The Nootka Jargon -- 2 Pidgin Chinook -- 3 Approximations at Astoria -- 4 The Hothouse of Fort Vancouver -- 5 Waves of Wawa -- Conclusion -- Appendix - Manuscript 195: A Partially Annotated Early Glossary of Chinook Jargon -- Chronology -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Orthography -- Introduction -- 1 The Nootka Jargon -- 2 Pidgin Chinook -- 3 Approximations at Astoria -- 4 The Hothouse of Fort Vancouver -- 5 Waves of Wawa -- Conclusion -- Appendix - Manuscript 195: A Partially Annotated Early Glossary of Chinook Jargon -- Chronology -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa's sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River.

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