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On Divergence, Interaction and Merging of Salish Language-Communities
Academic Work
A comparative survey of several Salish languages for which lexical material is available reveals two seemingly contradictory facts. On the one hand, the lexica differ considerably - so much so, that a glottochronological test suggests a considerable time-depth that can be established show only relatively minor (and very common) sound-shifts. Particularly the consonant-systems show a great stability. Furthermore, many grammatical (as opposed to lexical) morphemes are found in near-identical forms over the whole Salish area. With regard to the lexicon, geographically distant Salish languages seem about as divergent as the main subdivisions of Indo-European, while phonologically and with regard to grammatical elements they are as close as, for instance, the Germanic or even Slavic languages.
AW.00137
1967
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 2, 1-13
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 2, 1-13
Working Papers
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