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Making Wawa
The Genesis of Chinook Jargon
George Lang  

$85.00 Hardcover
Release Date: 10/30/2008
ISBN: 9780774815260    


$30.95 Paperback
Release Date: 7/1/2009
ISBN: 9780774815277    
216 Pages
First Nations Languages series

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About the Book

A two-edged sword of reconciliation and betrayal, Chinook Jargon (aka Wawa) arose at the interface of "Indian" and "White" societies in the Pacific Northwest. Wawa’s sources lie first in the language of the Chinookans who lived along the lower Columbia River, but also with the Nootkans of the outer coast of Vancouver Island. With the arrival of the fur trade, the French of the engagés or voyageurs provided additional vocabulary and a set of viable cultural practices, a key element of which was marital bonding with Indian and métisse women. These women and their children were the first fluent speakers of Wawa.

After several decades of contact, ensuing epidemics brought demographic collapse to the Chinookans. Within another decade the region was radically transformed by the Oregon Trail. Wawa had acquired its present shape, but lost its homeland. It became a diaspora language in which many communities seek some trace of their past. A previously unpublished glossary of Wawa circa 1825 is included as an appendix to this volume.

Making Wawa will attract the attention of linguists, especially those involved in contact linguistics and the languages of the Pacific Northwest. It will also interest historians and other scholars interested in Native and gender studies, cross-cultural conflict, and transculturation.

About the Author(s)

George Lang is dean of arts at the University of Ottawa and president of the Association des facultés et établissements de lettres et de sciences humaines (AFELSH).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
A Note on Orthography
Introduction
1 The Nootka Jargon
2 Pidgin Chinook
3 Approximations at Astoria
4 The Hothouse of Fort Vancouver
5 Waves of Wawa
Conclusion
Appendix--Manuscript 195: A partially Annotated Early Glossary of Chinook Jargon
Chronology
Notes
References
Index

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