‘That’s a Rubbaboo’
A contact language called Broken Slavey or Slavey Jargon flourished among the Gwich’in in the nineteenth century. Slavey Jargon absorbed elements of at least five source languages: French, Gwich’in, South Slavey (Dene-Tha’), Chipewyan, and English. Analyzing historical sources and recorded ethnograp...
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crjohnbenjaminsp:10.1075/jpcl.23.2.04mis 2024-06-09T07:45:23+00:00 ‘That’s a Rubbaboo’ Slavey Jargon in a nineteenth century Subarctic speech community Mishler, Craig 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.23.2.04mis http://www.jbe-platform.com/deliver/fulltext/jpcl.23.2.04mis.pdf en eng John Benjamins Publishing Company Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages volume 23, issue 2, page 264-287 ISSN 0920-9034 1569-9870 journal-article 2008 crjohnbenjaminsp https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.23.2.04mis 2024-05-15T13:26:23Z A contact language called Broken Slavey or Slavey Jargon flourished among the Gwich’in in the nineteenth century. Slavey Jargon absorbed elements of at least five source languages: French, Gwich’in, South Slavey (Dene-Tha’), Chipewyan, and English. Analyzing historical sources and recorded ethnographic texts from fluent speakers of Gwich’in, I offer an explanation of how the lexicon and grammar of this kaleidoscopic language converged regionally in the small subarctic communities of Fort McPherson, La Pierre’s House, and Fort Yukon. I also conclude that there is no internal textual evidence that Slavey Jargon was used as a trading pidgin. The polyglot form of most Slavey Jargon texts represents a curious inseam of linguistic democracy, suggesting that a measure of social equality was negotiated between the speakers of its diverse component tongues. Article in Journal/Newspaper Chipewyan Fort McPherson Gwich’in South Slavey Subarctic Yukon John Benjamins Publishing Company Fort McPherson ENVELOPE(-134.826,-134.826,67.433,67.433) Yukon Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 23 2 264 287 |
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A contact language called Broken Slavey or Slavey Jargon flourished among the Gwich’in in the nineteenth century. Slavey Jargon absorbed elements of at least five source languages: French, Gwich’in, South Slavey (Dene-Tha’), Chipewyan, and English. Analyzing historical sources and recorded ethnographic texts from fluent speakers of Gwich’in, I offer an explanation of how the lexicon and grammar of this kaleidoscopic language converged regionally in the small subarctic communities of Fort McPherson, La Pierre’s House, and Fort Yukon. I also conclude that there is no internal textual evidence that Slavey Jargon was used as a trading pidgin. The polyglot form of most Slavey Jargon texts represents a curious inseam of linguistic democracy, suggesting that a measure of social equality was negotiated between the speakers of its diverse component tongues. |
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John Benjamins Publishing Company |
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