Nooksack Place Names : Geography, Culture, and Language

Richardson, Allan/ Galloway, Brent

University of British Columbia Press（2011/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 248 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774820455
• DDC分類 971.10049794

Full Description

Place names can lead us on fascinating journeys into other cultures. They convey a people's relationship to the land, their sense of place. For indigenous peoples, place names can also be central to the revival of endangered languages.

This book takes readers on an exciting voyage into the history, language, and culture of the Nooksack Tribe of Washington State and southern British Columbia. Allan Richardson and Brent Galloway trace the richness and strength of the Nooksack people's connection to the land by documenting more than 150 places named by elders and mentioned in key historical texts. Descriptions of Nooksack history and naming patterns - combined with maps, photographs, and detailed linguistic analyses - give life to a nearly extinct language and illuminate the intertwined relationships of place, culture, language, and identity.

Contents

Nooksack Phonemes and Orthographic Conventions

Part 1: About This Book and Its Sources

1 Introduction

2 Major Sources and Their Interpretation

Part 2: Nooksack Place Names

3 Introduction and Phonological Comments

4 Analysis of the Place Names

Part 3: Geography, Semantics, and Culture

5 Naming Patterns

6 Conclusion

References