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Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary
Earle Waugh
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Description for Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary
Paperback. This classic reference work is based upon both Northern Cree (the "TH" dialect) and Plains Cree (the "Y") dialect. Editor(s): Cardinal, George. Num Pages: 604 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2JNC; CBDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Cree is the most widespread native language in Canada. The Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alperta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan is a highly usable and effective dictionary that serves students, business, governments, and media. This remarkable dictionary includes extensive Cree-English and English-Cree sections based upon both Northern Cree (the "TH" dialect) and Plains Cree (the "Y" dialect). It also includes: parts of speech, a "New Terms" supplement to the English-Cree section, appendices on kinship terms, months and numbers, and terms commonly used in government, courts and other institutions. Work on the dictionary began in the mid 1970s through the initiative of Nancy ... Read more
Cree is the most widespread native language in Canada. The Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alperta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamâkewasinahikan is a highly usable and effective dictionary that serves students, business, governments, and media. This remarkable dictionary includes extensive Cree-English and English-Cree sections based upon both Northern Cree (the "TH" dialect) and Plains Cree (the "Y" dialect). It also includes: parts of speech, a "New Terms" supplement to the English-Cree section, appendices on kinship terms, months and numbers, and terms commonly used in government, courts and other institutions. Work on the dictionary began in the mid 1970s through the initiative of Nancy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
577
Condition
New
Number of Pages
604
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9780888642844
SKU
V9780888642844
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Ref
99-2
About Earle Waugh
Earle H. Waugh is Professor Emeritus and Director of the Centre for the Centre for health and Culture in the Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
Reviews for Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary
""Demonstrates the amazing achievement of Alberta's Cree people in the last hundred plus years."... In illuminating the wealth of the Cree language, the dictionary more than meets its goal." Karen Rice, Letters in Canada, Volume 70, Number 1, Winter 2000/2001 "[A]landmark work of native scholarship." Suzanne Methot, Quill & Quire "[S]erves as a cultural focal point for an entire nationality." ... Read more