Category: 2024
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Tracy Sylvester (2024) – St’e ‘utl’ Si’lu: Literacy in the Hul’q’umi’num’ immersion program
Tracy Sylvester AbstractThe Hul’q’umi’num’ language is used by people on Vancouver Island identified as the Coast Salish People. It was through forced attendance of residential schools that our language was taken from us. Yet, it is within the same “lelum” (house) that our language is making a come back. Several years back, I knew a…
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Lauren Schneider (2024) – Serial verb constructions in Hul’q’umi’num’ Salish
Lauren Schneider AbstractSerial verb constructions (SVCs) are an understudied phenomena in Salish languages. Hul’q’umi’num’ is the Vancouver Island dialect of Halkomelem Salish and this language makes frequent use of SVCs in narratives. Using data from elicitations and a corpus of texts, I present an account of constructions in which multiple verbal elements are stacked together.…
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tsumqwatun | Lawrence Mitchell (2024) – Reclaiming myself through hul’q’umi’num’ sqwal ‘i’ st’ult’ilum
tsumqwatun | Lawrence Mitchell AbstractThis paper is about my journey in learning the hul’q’umi’num’ sqwal and the inspiration it has had in my life, allowing me to express myself, specifically in singing and when composing new songs. Moreover, the significant impact it has had in my life, which has changed me profoundly not only personally,…