Phonetic aspects of retraction in Interior Salish

Author(s):  
Nicola J. Bessell
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Author(s):  
Marion Caldecott

AbstractAcoustic research on the prosody and intonation of Northwest Coast languages has until recently been under-researched. This paper joins the growing body of research on the subject and reports on the results of the first study of intonation in St’át'imcets (Lillooet Salish; Northern Interior Salish). It tests the generalization proposed by Davis (2007) that information structure is not correlated with prosody in Salish languages by comparing the intonation contours of declaratives and yes/no questions. Specifically, I ask two questions: is nuclear accent rightmost? And are yes/no questions associated with higher pitch, as predicted by the Universality of Intonational Meaning? Results are comparable to those reported for other Salish languages, namely Koch (2008, 2011) on Nɬeʔkepmxcín, Jacobs (2007) on Skwxwú7mesh and Benner (2004, 2006) and Leonard (2011) on SENĆOŦEN. Nuclear accent is associated with the rightmost stressed vowel, regardless of focus, and while no speaker signals yes/no questions with a final rise, each has higher pitch within typologically common parameters.


1967 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dale Kinkade
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1972 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-48
Author(s):  
M. Dale Kinkade ◽  
Clarence Sloat
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Author(s):  
Gregory D. S. Anderson

Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: Special Session on Historical Issues in Native American Languages (1996)


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 921-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Turner ◽  
Harriet V. Kuhnlein ◽  
Keith N. Egger

Tricholoma populinum Lange is identified for the first time as one of the edible mushroom species traditionally eaten by Interior Salish Indian peoples of British Columbia. A description of this species is given, and harvesting and preparation information is provided based on its use by contemporary Native people. Nutrient composition data are also reported. This mushroom continues to be an important food source for some Native people in British Columbia.


2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry F. Carlson ◽  
John H. Esling

Spokane and Kalispel (NpoqÉ ånišcn, Qalispé), both located in eastern Washington State, and Montana Salish (Flathead), are nearly identical dialects of an Interior Salish language now spoken by only a handful of elders. Grammatical sketches are available for Spokane (Carlson 1972) and Kalispel (Vogt 1940). There is no modern grammar of Montana Salish; Black (1996) uses both Spokane and Montana Salish material in her doctoral dissertation. Thompson (1973) and Czaykowska-Higgins & Kinkade (1998) provide general Salish research summaries.


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