| Identifier: | TS978T2000 |
| Title |
The Tsimshianic Languages in Historical and Areal Perspective
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| Description: | The Tsimshianic Languages in Historical and Areal Perspective
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INTRODUCTION:
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"Sapir (1929) characterized "Tsimshian" as "a northern
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Penutian outlier" but also "probably profoundly influenced by Mosan." Recent research shows that the major structural features and the basic roots of Tsimshianic are indeed
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most compatible with Penutian affiliation (T 1997, 2000). This is an overview of the other influences on Tsimshianic, which has been isolated from Penutian for a very long
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time, and instead surrounded by Tlingit (North), Athapaskan (East), Haida (West), Wakashan (South). It may also have been at one time in closer contact with Salishan."
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| ca.6 |
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| Citation |
| Presented at CAIL/SSILA, November 2000, San Francisco |
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| Contributors |
Tarpent, Marie-Lucie (author)
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| Date | 2000-11-00 |
| Type |
Text
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| Subject Language(s) |
Tsimshian
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| LingType |
ethnohistory
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| Files: |
TS-Languages-Perspective.PDF
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