Review of Lang (2008): Making Wawa: The genesis of Chinook Jargon

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-392
Author(s):  
William J. Samarin
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Jargon

Note on the Chinook Jargon

Language ◽  
1933 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz Boas
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Jargon

Handsaw or Harlot? Some problem etymologies in the lexicon of Chinook Jargon

1983 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara P. Harris
Keyword(s):  
The Core ◽  
French And English ◽  
Lexical Items ◽  
Core Vocabulary ◽  
Chinook Jargon ◽  
Over Time

Like all pidgins, the lexicon of Chinook Jargon has a number of sources; although the core vocabulary is chiefly of Chinookan and Nootkan origin, English and French have also made large contributions, the percentage of each varying from time to time and from place to place. As Sankoff (1980: 145) points out, “Chinook Jargon remained highly variable throughout its history. Its vocabulary changed radically over time depending on the locus and proportions of its various groups of speakers, and because of the increasing dominance of English over time.” While most of the lexical items in the Jargon have been more or less satisfactorily accounted for, especially those of French and English origin, there remain a score or so of words for which an etymology either is not recorded or is of dubious accuracy. For some time, I have been attempting to track down the origins of as many of these ‘mystery words’ as possible, or to offer more probable sources than those usually cited. In this paper, I deal only with those items whose origin is apparently in or through French.

Thomas Paul's Sametl

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dell H. Hymes
Keyword(s):  
General Analysis ◽  
Functional Explanation ◽  
Indian Languages ◽  
Chinook Jargon

A pidgin may share with other languages patterning of narrative in lines and groups of lines (verses). Chinook Jargon texts show patterns of the same kind as found in the speakers' respective Indian languages. A Saanich Salish jargon text is examined in detail, and its cultural and aesthetic interest pointed out, as well as its contribution to a general analysis of travel and outcome in Indian narratives. The recurrence in languages, including pidgins and creoles, of just a few alternative types of ethnopoetic patterning suggests an innate basis, but a functional explanation cannot be ruled out.

Chinook Jargon

1945 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 225-233
Author(s):  
Rena V. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Jargon

Chinook Jargon as 'Mother's Tongue'

1972 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-207
Author(s):  
Dell Hymes ◽  
Virginia Hymes
Keyword(s):  
Chinook Jargon
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