D. Pasco's "Night before Xmas" in CJ (< "The Sesquipedalian", 12/9/93)

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Sesquipedalian #11, December 9, 1993



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The SESQUIPEDALIAN WEEKLY HERALD                       Volume IV, Number 11
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                                                       December 9, 1993


Happy holidays from the Sesquipedalian!  We hope you enjoy this
rendition of 'The Night Before Christmas' as translated into Chinook
Jargon, the Northwest trade language of the 19th century, by Duane
Pasco (with accompanying translation back into English):

Kopa polaklie elip Xmas, konaway ka keekwullie kopa house,
        (On night before Xmas, everywhere inside to house,)
Wake tillikum chako pe klatawa, hoolhool weght
        (No people come and go, mouse also.)
Stoken, klaska midite kow kloshe kopa chimney,
        (Stocking, they be tied good to chimney,)
Kahkwa spose klonas St. Nick chako yahwa tenas laly alki.
        (Like if maybe St. Nick come there soon.)
Tenas tillikums mitlite waum kopa klaska bed
        (Children be warm in them bed.)
Klaska nanitch la suk plums keekwullie kopa klaska la tate.
        (Them see sugar plums inside them head.)
Mama mitlite hakatshum kopa la tate pe naika mitlite moosum chapo,
        (Mama have handkerchief on head and me have sleep hat,)
Nesaika chee mamook youtlkut moosum.
        (We begin longsleep.)
Klahanie kopa illahee, naika kumtux kopa kwolan iktas.
        (Outside on ground me hear things.)
Naika sopena klak bed, naika tikegh nanitch yaka.
        (Me jump off bed, me want look him)
Naika coolie hyak kopa window pe mamook hahlakl yaka.
        (Me run fast to window and open him.)
Moon kopa chee snow, yaka mamook kahkwa sun towagh kopa konaway iktas.
        (Moon on new snow, him make like daylight on everything.)
Naika kumtux kopa eye, ikt tenas sleigh pe stotekin tenas mowitch
        (Me see one little sleigh and eight little deer and)
Pe ikt hyak tenas ole man.
        (One big little old man.)
Naika kumtux hyak, yaka St. Nick, nawitka.
        (Me know fast, him St. Nick, indeed.)
Hyak kahkwa chak-chak kawak okoke stotekin mowitch.
        (Fast like eagle fly this eight deer.)
Pe okoke tenas ole man, yaka whistle pe skookum wawa klaska yahul.
        (And this little old man him whistle and strong talk them name.)
"Alta Dasher, alta Dancer, alta Prancer, alta Vixen
        ("Now Dasher, now Dancer, now Prancer, now Vixen,)
Klatawa Comet, klatawa Cupid, klatawa Donder pe Blitzen.
        (Go comet, go Cupid, go Donder and Blitxen.)
Saghalie kopa porch, saghalie kopa kullaghan,
        (Up on porch, up on wall,)
Alta klatawa hyak, alta klatawa hyak, alta klatawa hyak konaway mesaika!
        (Now go fast, now go fast, now go fast you all!)
Alta klatawa saghalie kopa koosah,
        (Like dry leaves fly on strong wind,)
So saghalie kopa house okoke mowitch kawak,
        (And go high in sky. So up on house this deer fly.)
Klaska sleigh pahtl kopa toys pe St. Nick weght.
        (Them sleigh full with toys and St. Nick also.)
Alta hyak naika kumtux kopa kwolan,
        (Now, fast me know with ear,)
Konaway mowitch klaska koko le pee, saghalie kopa house.
        (All deer them tap feet, up on house.)
Kunsih naika chako kilapai klak window, naika nanitch St. Nick.
        (When me come return off window me see St. Nick.)
Yaka chako whim kopa chimney.
        (He come fall down chimney.)
St. Nick capote yaka tkope animal tupsoo
        (St. Nick coat him white animal hair)
Keschi capote mitlite hiyu ashes kopa yaka.
        (But coat have many ashes on it.)
Ikt hyas la sak pahtl kopa toys St. Nick lolo kopa okoke.
        (One big bagfull of toys St. Nick carry on shoulder.)
Yaka kahkwa klahowyum mahkook man kunsih yaka mamook hahlakl la sac
        (Him like poor sell man when him open bag.)
St. Nick mokst eye, klaska kahkwa mokst tenas towagh.
        (St. Nick two eye, them like two small light.)
Yaka kapala klaska kahkwa mokst pil le bal.
        (Him cheek, them like two red ball.)
Yaka emeets kahkwa hyas pil amota.
        (Him nose like big red strawberry.)
Yaka tenas la push, yaka kahkwa kow pil la loba.
        (Him small mouth, him like tied red ribbon.)
Seeowist tupsoo, yaka tkope kahkwa snow.
        (Face hair, him white like snow.)
Youtskut la peep, yaka mitlite kopa la tah,
        (Short pipe, him be in teeth.)
Smoke, yaka mitlite kahkwa tkope kweokweo lowullo saghalie la tate
        (Smoke, him be like white ring around above head.)
St. Nick mitlite hyas pil seeowist pe hyas yakwatin.
        (St. Nick have big red face and big stomach.)
Okoke yakwatin, yaka hullel kahkwa jelly kunsih St. Nick mamook hee-hee.
        (This stomach him shake like jelly when St. Nick laugh.)
St. Nick, yaka youd tenas ole man.
        (St. Nick, him happy little old man.)
Naika halo kwass pe naika mamook hee-hee kunsih nanitch yaka
        (Me not afraid and me laugh when look him.)
St. Nick mamook pe yaka halo wawa.
        (St. Nick work and him not talk.)
Kunsih yaka kopet mamook pahd konaway stoken, yaka nanitch kilapai
        (When him stop make full all stocking, him look back.)
St Nick le-doo tenas koko yaka emeets.
        (St. Nick finger tap him nose)
Yaka klatawa saghalie pe klak enatai chimney.
        (And him go up and off other side chimney.)
Yaka sopena kopa sleigh pe mamook whistle.
        (Him jump to sleigh and do whistle.)
Mowitch, klaska kawak hyak, nawidka.
        (Deer, them fly fast, indeed.)
Keschi, naika kumtux kopa kwolan, kunsih klaska klatawa siah,
        (But, me know with ear, when them go far,)
St Nickskookum wawa "Kwan Xmas pe kloshe polaklie kopa konaway tillikum."
        (St. Nick yell, "Happy Xmas and Good Night to all people.")

                    -\-\-\ LOOK WHO'S TALKING /-/-/-

-- John Baugh (Professor of Education and Linguistics) gave the
keynote address at 'Sprachenpolitik in Mittel- und Osteuropa,' an
international linguistics conference sponsored by the University of
Vienna, on November 25.  John's paper was titled 'Linguistic prejudice
in educational context.'  He also presented a lecture entitled
'Dimensions of a theory of econolinguistics' to the University of
Vienna Linguistics Department.  Earlier he had presented
'Dimensions...' in Budapest in a series of talks sponsored by the
Hungarian Academy of Science, along with two related lectures titled
'Linguistics, Education, and the Law.'

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Postdoctoral Fellow.

          Habitual Aspect in African American English: Beyond 'Be'
                              Lisa Green

     The analysis of habitual aspect in this study can account for
aspectual markers 'be', BIN (stressed 'been'), and 'be done', which have
some element of habituality associated with them.
1. Bruce be reading during class.
   'Bruce usually reads during class'
2. Bruce BIN reading during class.
   'For a long time, Bruce has had the habit of reading during class'
3. Bruce be done read when class starts.
   'By the time class starts, Bruce has usually already read'
In (1-3) a habitual operator (HAB), which binds variables over time, is
used to relate an event to a particular time.  For example the 'be'
construction in (1) refers to a generalization with respect to an
eventuality which occurs or holds on particular occasions.  This is
expressed in the representation in (4) in which HAB relates the 'singing'
to occasions that are during class time:
4. HAB(t) [during class, t] [read (Bruce,t)]
The representation says that habitually on occasions that are during class
time, Bruce cries then.
     Aspectual markers can be characterized by the meaning they assign,
and they can be distinguished from finite auxiliaries.  In this study,
these markers are base generated in ASP (head of Aspect Phrase) while
finite auxiliaries are base generated in AUX (head of Auxiliary Phrase).
In aspectual marker constructions, finite auxiliaries host tense and
negation and occur in VP deletion:
5. Do Bruce be reading during class?
6. Bruce don't be reading during class.
7. Bruce be reading during class and Sue do too.
     This analysis accounts for the type of meaning associated with habitual
aspectual markers in African American English and shows how finite
auxiliaries are used to support these markers in certain constructions.

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                    -\-\-\ WORD OF THE WEEK /-/-/-

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rare, it is defined as 'glowing, shining, gleaming, glittering, with
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                     -\-\-\ TRUE LINGUISTS /-/-/-

An article in Forbes magazine reports:

Nike has a television commercial for hiking shoes that was shot in
Kenya using Samburu tribesmen.  The camera closes in on one tribesman
who speaks in native Maa.  As he speaks, the Nike slogan 'Just Do It'
appears on the screen in subtitle.

Lee Cronk, an anthropologist at the University of Cincinatti, says the
Kenyan is really saying, 'I don't want these.  Give me big shoes.'

Says Nike's Elizabeth Dolan: 'We thought nobody in America would know
what he said.'

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-- UNIVERSITY OF GOTEBORG: The Department of Linguistics announces a
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will be expected to pursue his/her own research as well as to teach
courses, mainly on the graduate level, provide Ph D thesis work
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