Bibliography of Materials on
Salishan Languages

For a truly comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography on the entire Salishan language family, see Jan van Eijk's An Annotated Bibliography of Salishan Linguistics [http://www.cas.unt.edu/~montler/salishan/salbib1.pdf].

Barthmaier, Paul T. (1996)
A Dictionary of Coeur d'Alene Salish From Gladys Reichard's Slip Files. M.A. thesis, University of Montana.

Bates, Dawn, Thom Hess, and Vi Hilbert (1994)
Lushootseed Dictionary.. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

Carlson, Barry F. (1989)
Spokane Dictionary. Occasional Papers in Linguistics No. 6 Missoula: University of Montana Press.

Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa and M. Dale Kinkade (1998)
"Salish languages and linguistics," in Salish Languages and Linguistics: Theoretical and Descriptive Perspectives.The Hague: Mouton. pp. 1-68.
An overview of current issues in Salishan linguistics.

Czaykowska-Higgins, Ewa and M. Dale Kinkade (eds.) (1998)
Salish Languages and Linguistics: Theoretical and Descriptive Perspectives. The Hague: Mouton.
A collection of papers on a variety of topics, some devoted to particular Salishan languages, some to the family as a whole.

Edel, May M. (1939)
"The Tillamook Language," International Journal of American Linguistics 10.1.1-57.

Gardiner, Dwight, Lisa Matthewson, and Henry Davis (1993)
"A Preliminary Report on Word Order in Northern Interior Salish," Proceedings of the International Conference on Salishan and Neighboring Languages 28.139-157.

Hinkson, Mercedes Quesney (1999)
Salishan Lexical Suffixes: A Study in the Conceptualization of Space.Ph.D. dissertation, Simon Fraser University.

Kinkade, M. Dale (1981)
Dictionary of the Moses-Columbia Language. Nespelem, Washington: Colville Confederated Tribes.

Kinkade, M. Dale (1983)
"Salishan Evidence Against the Universality of 'Noun' and 'Verb'," Lingua 60.25-39.

Kinkade, M. Dale (1990)
"Sorting Out Third Persons in Salish Discourse," International Journal of American Linguistics 56.341-60.

Kinkade, M. Dale (1991)
Upper Chehalis Dictionary. Occasional Papers in Linguistics No. 7 Missoula: University of Montana Press.

Kinkade, M. Dale (1990)
"Prehistory of Salishan Languages," Papers for the 25th International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages. Vancouver: University of British Columbia. pp. 197-208.

Kroeber, Paul D. (1999)
The Salish Language Family: Reconstructing Syntax. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
A comparative and historical study of Salishan syntax, with emphasis on subordination and focussing.

Montler, Timothy (1999)
"Language and Dialect Variation in Straits Salishan," Anthropological Linguistics 41.4.462-502.
Presents evidence that Klallam is a distinct language from Northern Straits and discusses the dialect differences within Northern Straits.

Newman, Stanley (1979)
"A History of the Salish Subject and Possessive Forms," International Journal of American Linguistics 45.207-223.

Newman, Stanley (1979)
"The Salish Object Forms," International Journal of American Linguistics 45.299-308.

Newman, Stanley (1980)
"Functional Changes in the Salish Pronominal System," International Journal of American Linguistics 46.155-167.

Reichard, Gladys A. (1938)
"Coeur d'Alene," in Franz Boas (ed.) Handbook of American Indian Languages 3515-707. New York: J. J. Augustin.

Thomason, Sarah G. (1994)
A Dictionary of Montana Salish. Assisted by Lucy G. Thomason and Dorothy A. Berney. Contributors: Joe Eneas, Dorothy Felsman, Dolly Linsebigler, Felicité McDonald, Lucy Vanderburg, Harriet Whitworth, and Clarence Woodcock. With technical assistance from William Poser and Richmond Thomason.
A draft dictionary of the language also known as Flathead.

Urbanczyk, Suzanne C. (1996)
Patterns of Reduplication in Lushootseed. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Vogt, Hans (1940)
The Kalispel Language. An Outline of the Grammar with Texts, Translations, and Dictionary. Oslo: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi i Oslo.

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