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And he knew our language :

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9027246076

(Number (ISBN

9027286833

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9789027246073

(Number (ISBN

9789027286833

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b511804

Title Proper

And he knew our language :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

missionary linguistics on the Pacific northwest coast /

First Statement of Responsibility

Marcus Tomalin

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Philadelphia :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

John Benjamins Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2011]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2011

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 203 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Series Title

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series III, Studies in the history of the language sciences ;

Volume Designation

v. 116

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- 1.1.Missionary linguistics -- 1.2.The languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast -- 1.3.The Haida language -- 1.3.1.Dialects -- 1.3.2.Orthography -- 1.3.3.Personal pronouns -- 1.3.4.Numeral classifiers -- 1.3.5.Verb morphology -- 1.3.6.Word order -- 1.3.7.Haida linguistics: 1911-present -- 1.4.The Kwak'wala language -- 1.5.The Tsimshian language -- 1.6.Summary -- ch. 2 Culture and contact -- 2.1.Haida Gwaii -- 2.2.Discovery and exploration -- 2.3.The arrival of the missionaries -- 2.4.Disease and demography -- ch. 3 Initial encounters -- 3.1.Explorations -- 3.2.Comparing and contrasting Tsimshian and Haida -- 3.3.The Lord's prayer -- 3.4.The acquirement of the tongue -- 3.5.Preparing the ground -- ch. 4 Analysing and assessing -- 4.1.Language and mission -- 4.2.Hall and Kwak'wala -- 4.3.Harrison and Haida -- 4.4.Phonological associations -- 4.5.The noun phrase domain -- 4.6.The verb phrase domain -- ch. 5 Translating scripture -- 5.1.Mission and translation -- 5.2.The Haida scriptures -- 5.3.Souls and spirits -- 5.4.Social hierarchies and power structures -- 5.5.Ideology and dialogue -- ch. 6 Anthropological approaches -- 6.1.A strange relationship -- 6.2.The influence of the missionaries -- 6.3.The influence of the anthropologists -- 6.4.Exploring shamanism -- 6.5.Consequences -- ch. 7 Conclusion

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Haida Indians-- Languages

Haida language-- Discourse analysis

Indians-- Languages-- History

Indians of North America-- Missions-- British Columbia-- Haida Gwaii

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Book number

Tomalin, Marcus

Date of Transaction

20111029011552.0

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