{"product_id":"umatilla-dictionary-9780295994284","title":"Umatilla Dictionary","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDocuments the language of the Umatilla people east of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The fruit of decades of collaboration between fluent native speakers and professional scholars, including linguists, anthropologists, and botanists, this monumental work is crucial for transmitting the traditional complexities of Umatilla to younger generations…. This painstaking labor of love exemplifies the very best results achievable through intensive, long-term cooperation among specialists in diverse fields. It will undoubtedly prove of great value to scholars both outside and within Oregon's native communities and to libraries maintaining Native American collections, as it provides the cornerstone to all future efforts to foster the Umatilla language….Essential.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] very welcome and useful dictionary. . . . [T]his well-produced book…is one that anybody with an interest in Sahaptin or in languages of the Northwest in general will find it profitable to consult.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Paul D. Kroeber * Anthropological Linguistics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword \u003cbr\u003e Čáwna mún náamta \u003cbr\u003e Background \u003cbr\u003e A Brief Grammar \u003cbr\u003e A Note on Nez Perce \u003cbr\u003e Grammatical Paradigms \u003cbr\u003e Texts \u003cbr\u003e Pamáwaniča Tátatma Čná Tiičámpa, ‘The Foods Named Themselves in This Land’ \u003cbr\u003e Pápšuyit, ‘The Wedding Trade’ \u003cbr\u003e Anwíčt, ‘The Year’ \u003cbr\u003e Naamí Snwit, ‘Our Language’ \u003cbr\u003e Tas, ‘Dogbane’ \u003cbr\u003e K̓st, ‘Cold’ \u003cbr\u003e The Dictionary \u003cbr\u003e Umatilla–English \u003cbr\u003e English–Umatilla \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524702085463,"sku":"9780295994284","price":63.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295994284.jpg?v=1731857808","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/umatilla-dictionary-9780295994284","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}