Northwest Coast Texts, Volume 2, Issue 1Barry F. Carlson Analyzed texts on the common theme of stealing light. |
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3p invisible ablaut abs-light-become adverbs allomorphs barbecue bi-bščǝb ča bataq canoe čǝd cǝn cən child clitics complement crawl cries dark daylight di?ə door drumming dxw?al eyes ǝw?niis fish g"ǝl go-word h)ǝlg"ǝ Halkomelem Halkomelem language hidi independent clause inflectional invisible-prenominal kawqs keǝ ki's Kingfisher Kwakwala kweǝ kwi remote la?i laxa lexical light Little Mink look Lushootseed markers morpheme nem?s Nitinaht nominal ending now-word now-word-OI Octopus particles plural poss possessive postnominal predicate head prefix proximate q"əni qa's qəni Raven reduplication root s-lǝx-il salmon screamed sea urchin seagull šel səm si?em Skate skey spaal teǝ third person ti ya ti?ə ti?ił ti'ki Tlingit toǝ transitive suffix University of Victoria Wakashan walked wi.qsi wind word Xətə ya'daqk ya'daqkaq yaca yuwa พอ