Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon - Couverture souple

Gibbs, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1514237571 ISBN 13 : 9781514237571

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Ix 1855, the Smithsonian Institution published a Vocabulary of the Jargon or Tra !e Language of Oregon, from a manuscript furnished by I r. B. Rush Mitchell, and edited by Prof. W. TV. Turner. This w;is necessarily very imperfect, and in fact was printed mainly v. ith the view of eliciting additions and corrections, vrhicli might be used to prepare a more perfect account of this very remarkable mixture cf language. The present -work, -which is much, more complete, has been prepared by George Gibbs, Esq., from materials collected by himself daring a residence of twelve years on te northwest coast of North A merica. JOSEPH HENRY. .,.
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Some years ago the Smithsonian Institution printed a small vocabulary of the Chinook Jargon, furnished by Dr. B.R. Mitchell, of the U.S. Navy, and prepared, as we afterwards learned, by Mr. Lionnet, a Catholic priest, for his own use while studying the language at Chinook Point. It was submitted by the Institution, for revision and preparation for the press, to the late Professor W.W. Turner. Although it received the critical examination of that distinguished philologist, and was of use in directing attention to the language, it was deficient in the number of words in use, contained many which did not properly belong to the Jargon, and did not give the sources from which the words were derived.

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• ISBN 10: 1514237571
• ISBN 13: 9781514237571
• Reliure: Broché