A thesis you may not have known of: Stender

[Dave Robertson]

Stender, Mary Lynn.  "Chinook Jargon vocabulary as an indicator of cultural
change."  1993.  vii, 233 leaves : map ; 29 cm.  Thesis (M.A.)--Western
Washington University, 1993.  Includes bibliographical references (leaves
97-107)...Masters thesis...Anthropology.

The writer's point is that Chinook Jargon genesis postdates contact with
non-Indians, and that changes in the vocabulary of the language over time
reflect cultural change due to increasing interaction with non-Indians.