Linguistics retention and diffusion in Bella Coola
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2879172 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stanley Newman (0000-0003-2519-3104, University of New Mexico, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-214 |
| Publication date | 1974-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404500004346 |
| OpenAlex | W2156780546 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
The ecological vocabulary of the Bella Coola, who speak a Salish language of the American Northwest Coast, shows a larger proportion of loanwords than of forms retained from the parent language. Over a period of centuries the Bella Coola were in contact with many non-Salish tribes, but the direction of their borrowing was highly selective. Although their most intimate contacts were with speakers of Athapaskan and Wakashan, the overwhelming proportion of their ecological loans are Wakashan. This selectivity is explained by cultural affinity rather than intimacy of contact. (Language and cultural history, sociolinguistics, lexical borrowing, ecological vocabulary, Northwest Coast, Bella Coola Indians
BELLA · Geography · Linguistics · Physics · Sociolinguistics · Sociology · Vocabulary · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
Bella Bella Texts
Time perspective in aboriginal American culture
Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture, and Personality
Handbook of American Indian Languages
The Prehistory of Languages
Salish Phonologic Geography
Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes
Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality
Stem-List of the Coeur d'Alene Language
Proto-Eastern Interior Salish Vowels
The Alveopalatal Shift in Cowlitz Salish
Proto-Athapaskan-Eyak and the Problem of Na-Dene
Areal Linguistic Studies in North America
Salish Internal Relationships
Blood Groups and Physiognomy of British Columbia Coastal Indians
Towards a Salish etymological dictionary
Linguistics retention and diffusion in Bella Coola
The Mythology of the Bella Coola Indians
Physical Characteristics of the Indians of the North Pacific Coast
The Early Diffusion of the Potato among the Coast Salish
Areal Studies and Culture History
Blood-Types and Mating Patterns among Northwest Coast Indians
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 1993 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |