Overview

Collected in this book are the personal life histories of four female St’át’imc elders: Beverley Frank, Gertrude Ned, Laura Thevarge, and Rose Agnes Whitley. These elders are among the last remaining fluent speakers of St’át’imcets, a severely imperilled Northern Interior Salish language, also known as Lillooet and spoken in the southwest interior of British Columbia. Their stories are presented in the original St’át’imcets as well as in English translation. A morpheme-by-morpheme gloss is provided for the purposes of linguistic analysis. These texts are among the longest oral narratives of the Salish language to be grammatically analyzed. They are also of a rare type, in that they consist of personal memories rather than of myths or legends: They provide first-hand accounts of what it was like to be a female child growing up in the 1930s and ’40s both within St’át’imc communities and in residential schools. Important historical information is woven into the stories – about events in the Lillooet area, the traditional St’át’imc way of life, and the consequences of contact with Western culture. When I Was Small – I Wan Kwikws will be of interest to members of St’át’imc communities, including teachers and curriculum developers, and to linguists, anthropologists, and others studying the St’at’imc, their culture, and their language.

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Author:   Beverly Frank ,  Gertrude Ned ,  Laura Thevarge ,  Rose Agnes Whitley
Publisher:   University of British Columbia Press
Imprint:   University of British Columbia Press
Edition:   annotated edition
Weight:   0.980kg
ISBN:  

9780774810906

ISBN 10:   0774810904
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   15 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Overview and goals The St'at'imc The story-tellers The St'at'imc language Methodology Orthographical issues Morphological issues Use of English in the stories Idiolectal variations Related literature Chapter 2: Beverley Frank's story Original English translation Grammatical analysis Chapter 3: Gertrude Ned's story Original English translation Grammatical analysis Chapter 4: Laura Thevarge's story Original English translation Grammatical analysis Chapter 5: Rose Agnes Whitley's story Original English translation Grammatical analysis Notes References Index

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Lisa Matthewson is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia.

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