These Are Our Legends

Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. InThese Are Our Legends,the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooetsptakwlh(variously translated into English as "legends," "myths," or "bed-time stories."

These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers themselves. An English translation is also given. Basic information on the Lillooet language, its grammar, and a glossary are included in the volume.

With thanks to the Mount Currie Cultural Centre and the Tszil Publishing House.

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These Are Our Legends

Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. InThese Are Our Legends,the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooetsptakwlh(variously translated into English as "legends," "myths," or "bed-time stories."

These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers themselves. An English translation is also given. Basic information on the Lillooet language, its grammar, and a glossary are included in the volume.

With thanks to the Mount Currie Cultural Centre and the Tszil Publishing House.

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Like all First Nations languages, Lillooet (Lil'wat) is a repository for an abundantly rich oral literature. InThese Are Our Legends,the fifth volume of the First Nations Language Readers series, the reader will discover seven traditional Lillooetsptakwlh(variously translated into English as "legends," "myths," or "bed-time stories."

These texts are presented in a technical transcription that can be used by linguists, and also in a practical orthography that can be used by Lillooet speakers themselves. An English translation is also given. Basic information on the Lillooet language, its grammar, and a glossary are included in the volume.

With thanks to the Mount Currie Cultural Centre and the Tszil Publishing House.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780889773967
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Publication date: 11/15/2015
Series: Regina Collection Series , #5
Edition description: Bilingual
Pages: 120
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Language: North American Indian (Other)
Age Range: 11 Years

About the Author

Jan van Eijk has studied the Lillooet language for over 40 years and has published a large number of studies on the language, including the first comprehensive descriptive grammar of Lillooet, The Lillooet Language: Phonology, Morphology, Syntax. He is employed in the Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures at First Nations University of Canada in Regina.

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