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Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem (review)

Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem (review) Book Reviews Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem. BRENT D. GALLOWAY. 2 vols. University of California Publications in Linguistics 141. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009. Pp. l + 1674. $90.00 (paper), $72.00 (e-book). Reviewed by Strang Burton, Stó:lt Shxwelí Halq'emeylem Language Program, Stó:lt Nation Upriver Halkomelem (UH) is one of three major dialects of Halkomelem, a Salishan language traditionally spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The Upriver dialect is the ancestral language of the Stó:lt people and is known to them as Halq'émeylem or Stó:lt Halq'eméylem. Galloway's publication of his new dictionary of UH provides an excellent window into this severely endangered language. The dictionary will greatly benefit the growing number of community members interested in learning the language, while at the same time serving as a valuable resource for researchers in a number of areas. It is extensive and extremely accurate; in draft form, it has seen many years of use in community work, and it is a pleasure to see it available in its finished form. This dictionary will first and foremost be of use to those of us working at the community level to learn and revitalize the UH language, especially as a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anthropological Linguistics University of Nebraska Press

Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem (review)

Burton, Strang.
Anthropological Linguistics , Volume 53 (4) – Sep 22, 2011
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Book Reviews Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem. BRENT D. GALLOWAY. 2 vols. University of California Publications in Linguistics 141. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2009. Pp. l + 1674. $90.00 (paper), $72.00 (e-book). Reviewed by Strang Burton, Stó:lt Shxwelí Halq'emeylem Language Program, Stó:lt Nation Upriver Halkomelem (UH) is one of three major dialects of Halkomelem, a Salishan language traditionally spoken in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The Upriver dialect is the ancestral language of the Stó:lt people and is known to them as Halq'émeylem or Stó:lt Halq'eméylem. Galloway's publication of his new dictionary of UH provides an excellent window into this severely endangered language. The dictionary will greatly benefit the growing number of community members interested in learning the language, while at the same time serving as a valuable resource for researchers in a number of areas. It is extensive and extremely accurate; in draft form, it has seen many years of use in community work, and it is a pleasure to see it available in its finished form. This dictionary will first and foremost be of use to those of us working at the community level to learn and revitalize the UH language, especially as a

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