The Phonetics of Interior Salish

Mss.Rec.253

Date: 1993-1996 | Size: 4 tape(s)

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Abstract

Linguistic field recordings in Vancouver, Lillooet, and Victoria, British Columbia, and Seattle. Elicitation of lexical items in five languages (St'at'imcets, Nlaka'pamuctsin, Gitksan, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Tlingit) to record consonant-vowel interaction and unusual consonant types.

Digital objects note

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Collection Information

Physical description

4 audiocassettes (3 hr., 26 min.) : analog, 1 7/8 ips, stereo.

Provenance

Presented by Nicola Bessell in February 1997. This material was recorded with the assistance of a Phillips Fund grant.

Processing information

Collection digitized and cataloged by Brian Carpenter during the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded audio digitization project, 2008-2014.

Related material

Fieldnotes and lexical lists used in recordings are available in the Phillips Fund Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4).

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Sound recordings

Subject(s)

Gitksan language
Lillooet language
Nootka language
Ntlakyapamuk language
Salishan languages
Tlingit language

Detailed Inventory


Audio recordings			Request Series for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Series
01-01 Ned, Gertrude. Ned, Bucky. Bessell, Nicola. St'at'imcets (Lilloeet Salish) word list and lexical items	1996-12-16	1 .mp3 ; 00:27:55	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:27:55 Geographic Name(s): Lillooet (B.C.) Subject(s): Lillooet language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3339
01-02 Frank, Beverly. Bessell, Nicola. St'at'imcets (Lilloeet Salish) word list and lexical items [1 of 2]	1996-12-18	1 .mp3 ; 00:03:05	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:03:05 Geographic Name(s): Lillooet (B.C.) Subject(s): Lillooet language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3334
01-03 Bessell, Nicola. Frank, Beverly. St'at'imcets (Lilloeet Salish) word list and lexical items [2 of 2]	1996-12-18	1 .mp3 ; 00:05:22	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:05:22 Geographic Name(s): Lillooet (B.C.) Subject(s): Lillooet language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3333
01-04 Bessell, Nicola. Whitley, Rose. St'at'imcets (Lilloeet Salish) lexical items: #1-101	1993-08-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:14:41	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:14:41 Geographic Name(s): Lillooet (B.C.) Subject(s): Lillooet language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3337
01-05 Whitley, Rose. Bessell, Nicola. St'at'imcets (Lilloeet Salish) lexical items: #102-171	1993-08-06	1 .mp3 ; 00:10:56	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:10:56 Geographic Name(s): Lillooet (B.C.) Subject(s): Lillooet language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3335
02-01 Bessell, Nicola. Whitley, Rose. St'at'imcets (Lilloeet Salish) lexical items: #172-end	1993-08-08	1 .mp3 ; 00:02:02	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:02:02 Geographic Name(s): Lillooet (B.C.) Subject(s): Lillooet language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3338
02-02 Bessell, Nicola. Ursaki, Dorothy. Ntlakyapamuk (Thompson-Salish) lexical items	1993-07-20	1 .mp3 ; 00:10:21	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:10:21 Geographic Name(s): Vancouver (B.C.) Subject(s): Ntlakyapamuk language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3340
03-01 Louie, George. Bessell, Nicola. Ahousaht (Nuuchahnulth : Nootka) word list & lexical items: #1-46	1993-07-26	1 .mp3 ; 00:05:54	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker speaks in the Ahousaht dialect of Nuu-chah-nulth. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:05:54 Geographic Name(s): Victoria (B.C.) Subject(s): Nootka language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3336
03-02 Louie, George. Bessell, Nicola. Ahousaht (Nuuchahnulth : Nootka) word list & lexical items: #48-end	1993-08-12	1 .mp3 ; 00:16:52	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker speaks in the Ahousaht dialect of Nuu-chah-nulth. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:16:52 Geographic Name(s): Victoria (B.C.) Subject(s): Nootka language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3343
03-03 Bessell, Nicola. Sennott, Barbara. Gitksan word list and lexical items: #1-53	1993-08-09	1 .mp3 ; 00:07:37	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:07:37 Geographic Name(s): Vancouver (B.C.) Subject(s): Gitksan language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3342
03-04 Bessell, Nicola. Sennott, Barbara. Gitksan word list and lexical items: #54-114	1993-08-16	1 .mp3 ; 00:12:26	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:12:26 Geographic Name(s): Vancouver (B.C.) Subject(s): Gitksan language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3344
03-05 Sennott, Barbara. Bessell, Nicola. Gitksan word list and lexical items: #115-123	1993-08-17	1 .mp3 ; 00:02:50	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:02:50 Geographic Name(s): Vancouver (B.C.) Subject(s): Gitksan language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3346
03-06 Bessell, Nicola. Sennott, Barbara. Gitksan word list and lexical items: #124-end	1993-08-17	1 .mp3 ; 00:07:27	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:07:27 Geographic Name(s): Vancouver (B.C.) Subject(s): Gitksan language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3345
04-01 Newton, Richard. Bessell, Nicola. Tlingit word list and lexical items: #1-73	1994-07-30	1 .mp3 ; 00:28:24	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker was born in Kake, Alaska, with Tlingit as his first language. He speaks in a transitional dialect of Tlingit. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:28:24 Geographic Name(s): Seattle (Wash.) Subject(s): Tlingit language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3364
04-02 Bessell, Nicola. Newton, Richard. Tlingit word list and lexical items: #74-142	1994-07-31	1 .mp3 ; 00:18:45	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker was born in Kake, Alaska, with Tlingit as his first language. He speaks in a transitional dialect of Tlingit. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:18:45 Geographic Name(s): Seattle (Wash.) Subject(s): Tlingit language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3362
04-03 Newton, Richard. Bessell, Nicola. Tlingit word list and lexical items: #142 continuation and short speech	1994-07-31	1 .mp3 ; 00:01:15	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker was born in Kake, Alaska, with Tlingit as his first language. He speaks in a transitional dialect of Tlingit. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:15 Geographic Name(s): Seattle (Wash.) Subject(s): Tlingit language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3365
04-04 Newton, Richard. Bessell, Nicola. Tlingit word list and lexical items: #144-end	1994-08-02	1 .mp3 ; 00:21:21	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker was born in Kake, Alaska, with Tlingit as his first language. He speaks in a transitional dialect of Tlingit. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:21:21 Geographic Name(s): Seattle (Wash.) Subject(s): Tlingit language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3363
04-05 Brown, Judson. Bessell, Nicola. Tlingit word list and lexical items: #1-end	1994-08-01	1 .mp3 ; 00:08:43	Request File for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this File
The speaker speaks in the northern dialect of Tlingit. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Audiocassette) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:08:43 Geographic Name(s): Seattle (Wash.) Subject(s): Tlingit language Access digital object: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/fedora/repository/audio:3366