American languages in New France : extracts from The Jesuit relations / Claudio R. Salvucci, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Salvucci, Claudio R.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Annals of colonial North America ; v. 1.

Annals of colonial North America ; v. 1

Standardized Title:

Jesuit relations and allied documents. Selections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--New France--Languages--History--Sources.

Indians of North America.

Language and languages.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

331 pages : map ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, PA : Evolution Pub., [2002]

Summary:

This volume collects valuable fragments of linguistic data and accounts of Native language as used among the Algonquian and Iroquoian tribes of New France. Volume 1 documents not only observations on the languages themselves, but also on the mutual intelligibility and geographical extent of various dialects, the various pidgins and jargons which came into use as a result of cultural contact, and the use of European languages such as French and Basque in native North America. This volume also includes several extended tracts in various Native American languages, including Bribeuf's 1636 description of Huron grammar, Lalemant's interlinear translation of a Huron prayer, Vimont's letter in Algonquin, Le Jeune's description of Montagnais, and many others. A map showing the location of the various missions and the approximate distributions of the Native languages is also included, as well as three useful appendices.

Notes:

Excerpted from: The Jesuit relations and allied documents. Cleveland : Burrows Brothers, 1896-1901.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1889758353

OCLC:

49493571