Northwest Voices : Language and Culture in the Pacific Northwest / edited by Kristin Denham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Denham, Kristin E., 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwest Coast of North America--Languages.

Indians of North America.

Indigenous people--Northwest Coast of North America--Languages.

Local Subjects:

Indigenous people--Northwest Coast of North America--Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, [2019]

Summary:

The Pacific Northwest has long been a linguistically rich region, yet there are few books devoted its unique linguistic heritage.The essays collected in Northwest Voices examine the historical background of the Pacific Northwest, the contributions of indigenous languages, the regional legacy of English, and the relationship between our.

Contents:

Introduction: Historical Background / Kristin Denham

Linguistic diversity in Oregon and Washington / Edwin Battistella and David Pippin

Place names of the Pacific Northwest / Allan Richardson

Introduction: Indigenous Voices / Kristin Denham

Indigenous language revitalization in the Pacific Northwest / Russell Hugo

Reviving Chinook jargon: the Chinuk Wawa language program of the confederated tribes of Grand Ronde, Oregon / Henry Zenk and Kathy Cole

Indigenous language revitalization program in Puyallup Territory / Danica Sterud Miller

Introduction: English Voices and Attitudes in the Pacific Northwest / Kristin Denham

English in the evergreen state / Alicia Beckford Wassink

Seattle to Spokane: what Washingtonians think about English spoken in their state / Betsy Evans

What Oregon English can tell us about dialect diversity in the Pacific Northwest / Kara Becker

Introduction: Perceptions, Pragmatics, and Power. It's not what we say, it's how we say it: a brief examination of the pragmatic nuances of interpersonal communication in the region / Jordan B. Sandoval

Language and power, language and place / Kristin Denham.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

0-87071-964-5

OCLC:

1119664941