Phonology, morphology, and classified word list for the Samish dialect of Straits Salish

Download or read book Phonology, morphology, and classified word list for the Samish dialect of Straits Salish written by Brent Douglas Galloway and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a description of the phonology and morphology of the Samish dialect of the Straits Salish language, together with a text and word list, classified by semantic domain, of the same language. The preface discusses the precarious survival of this little-documented dialect through the movement of two families from their homeland in the vicinity of Anacortes, Washington and adjacent islands to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.