Reconstructing pentl’ach Reduplication for Language Reclamation
| dc.contributor.author | Pulhug, Alena | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-17T16:24:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-03-17T16:24:09Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2023 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-03-17 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This project focused on compiling plural and diminutive reduplication forms in the pentl’ach language, a Central Salish language originally spoken by the people of Qualicum First Nation and neighbouring nations. This research supported the work of the Reawakening pentl’ach team in the process of their 5-year plan to reawaken the pentl’ach language. The language has been sleeping since the 1940s, when the last fluent first language speaker passed. Following the Community-Based Language Research model, this research was done in collaboration and with consultation with the language community. In working with archival language documentation done by anthropologist Franz Boas in the 1880s, this research involved converting Boas’ transcriptions into an APA phonological representation, as well as the official pentl’ach orthography. Subsequently, comparative study with other languages in the Central Salish branch was done in order to reconstruct wordforms using the Reawakening pentl’ach team’s procedure for reconstruction. The final stage in the project was the production of a series of language learning resources, which were developed with community consultation. | en_US |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Undergraduate | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA) | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/14852 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | archival documentation | en_US |
| dc.subject | reduplication | en_US |
| dc.subject | Community-based Language Research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous language reclamation | en_US |
| dc.subject | pentl’ach | en_US |
| dc.subject | Salish languages | en_US |
| dc.title | Reconstructing pentl’ach Reduplication for Language Reclamation | en_US |
| dc.type | Poster | en_US |