IJAL issue 75, number 1

[James Crippen]

For those who haven't seen it already, the International Journal of
American Linguistics has a new issue out with a few Athabaskan-related
articles.

Gillon, Carrie. Deictic features: Evidence from Sḵwx̱wú7mesh.
Abstract:
In this paper, I describe the determiner and demonstrative system of
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, a Coast Salish language spoken in southwestern British
Columbia. The determiners and demonstratives have previously been
described as having deictic properties (Kuipers 1967 and Peter Jacobs
[personal communication to Elizabeth Currie; cited in Currie 1997]). I
provide evidence for these deictic properties. I show that the
previous descriptions do not capture the entire modern system. I also
show that most of the determiners and all of the demonstratives are
deictic, and that one of the determiners is more accurately described
as nondeictic. This determiner lacks all deictic features, and this
lack of features has consequences for its interpretation.

Fountain, Amy V. Review of Navajo/English dictionary of verbs, by
Alyse Neundorf.

Lovick, Olga. Review of Dena'ina Sukdu'a: Traditional stories of the
Tanaina Athabaskans, compiled by Joan M. Tenenbaum.

Rice, Keren. Review of Dena'ina topical dictionary, compiled by James Kari.

Cheers,
James