Musqueam Reference Grammar

Wayne Suttles

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• Published: 2004
• Subject Listing: Linguistics, Anthropology, Native American Studies
• Bibliographic information: 496 pp., 6" x 9"
• Territorial rights: U.S. rights only
• Distributed for: UBC Press
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Here is the long-awaited grammar of the Musqueam dialect of Halkomelem, which Wayne Suttles began work on in the late 1950s. The Musqueam people's aboriginal territory includes much of the Fraser Delta and the city of Vancouver. Halkomelem is one of the twenty-three languages that belong to the Salish Family.

Suttles, an anthropologist, worked with knowledgeable older people, eliciting traditional stories, personal narratives, and ethnographic accounts. The grammar covers the usual topics of phonology, morphology, and syntax, illustrated by numerous sentences selected for their cultural relevance, providing insight into traditional practices, social relations, and sense of humor. With information on kinship, space and time, names of people and places, and the history of work on Halkomelem, this is perhaps the fullest account of any Salish language.

Wayne Suttles is professor emeritus of anthropology at Portland State University.

Preface and Acknowlegments
Introduction
1. Phonology
2. Synopsis of Morphology
3. Syntax 1: Simple Sentences
4. Syntax 2: Complex Sentences
5. Syntax 3: Compound Sentences
6. Syntax 4: Negation
7. Morphology of the Root 1: The Verb
8. Morphology of the Root 2: The Noun
9. Morphology of the Root 3: Adjectives and Adjective-like Words
10. Non-Personal Affixes 1: Voice
11. Non-Personal Affixes 2: Aspectual and Modal Affixes
12. Non-Personal Affixes 3: Derivational Affixes
13. Non-Personal Affixes 4: Lexial Suffixes
14. Person Markers
15. The Demonstrative System
16. Predicate Particles and Tags
17. Interogative Words
18. Adverbs and Adverbial and Modal Words and Phrases
19. Numerals
20. Exclamations and Interjections
21. Kinship Terms
22. Space and Time
23. Sample Texts
Tables
Maps