Barth, John, Evelyn George, Desiree George (1994)

Desi, Winter and Summer. Desi, Kheet tl'a Cen. Burns Lake: School District 55 and Lake Babine Band. Story by John Barth, Evelyn George, and Desiree George. Translated by Susie Tress and Dorothy Patrick, with the assistance of the Elders of Old Fort and Tachet. Photographs by John Barth. ISBN 0-9696230-4-6. 45pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly with colour photographs. Softcover, with laminated covers. In English and Nedut'en (Babine). Tells about a nine-year old girl's activities at different times of the year.

Cook, Eung-Do (1990)

``Consonant Classes and Vowel Qualities in Babine,'' Canadian Journal of Linguistics 35.123-143.

Denham, Kristin (1997)

A Minimalist Account of Optional Wh-Movement. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.

[A theoretically-oriented account of wh-movement in Witsuwit'en.]

Gooding, Pat, Susie Tress, and Dorothy Patrick (1993)

Summer at Old Fort. Burns Lake: School District 55 and Lake Babine Band. Story by Pat Gooding, Susie Tress and Dorothy Patrick. Translated by Susie Tress and Dorothy Patrick, with the assistance of the Elders of Old Fort and Tachet. Photographs by John Barth and Pat Gooding. ISBN 0-9696230-2-X. 48pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly with colour photographs. In English and Nedut'en (Babine). Softcover, with laminated covers. Tells about a young boy's summer trips to Old Fort.

Gunlogson, Chris (1995)

Pronominal Prefixes in Babine-Witsuwit'en. M.A. thesis, University of Washington.

Hargus, Sharon L. (1991)

``The disjunct boundary in Babine-Witsuwit'en,'' International Journal of American Linguistics 57.487-513.

[A discussion of the phonological properties associated with the boundary between the conjunct and disjunct prefixes.]

Hargus, Sharon L. (compiler) (1995)

Tsë Cakh Wit'en Hagwilget, B.C.: Hagwilget Band.

[A collection of stories, with glosses and translation, together with discussion of selected aspects of the vocabulary and an explanation of the writing system. Accompanied by two audio cassettes.]

Hargus, Sharon (1997)

``The Witsuwit'en disjunct morphemes: clitics or affixes?'' in Jane H. Hill, P. J. Mistry, and Lyle Campbell (eds.) The Life of Language: Papers in Linguistics in Honor of William Bright. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 385-412.

[An argument that the disjunct prefixes are in fact prefixes and not clitics.]

Hargus, Sharon L. (1999)

Witsuwit'en Topical Dictionary: Witsuwit'en-English and English-Witsuwit'en. ms. University of Washington.

[A dictionary organized by topic rather than alphabetically. Accompanied by an alphabetical English index.]

Hargus, Sharon L. (1999)

"Comparison of the Hildebrandt and revised systems for the Bulkley Valley/Lakes District language," manuscript, Department of Linguistics, University of Washington.

[A technical comparison of the several writing systems and presentation of the revisions adopted by Moricetown with a discussion of their applicability to other dialects. Includes important new data on the vowel system.]

Hargus, Sharon L. (2007)

Witsuwit'en Grammar: Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. ISBN: 9780774813822. 850 pp.

Hildebrandt, Henry and Gillian Story (1974)

A Historically-Oriented Study of Babine (Northern Carrier) Phonology.. Ms., Burns Lake, British Columbia.

Johnson-Gottesfeld, Leslie M. and Sharon Hargus(1998)

``Classification and nomenclature in Witsuwit'en Ethnobotany: A preliminary examination,'' Journal of Ethnobiology 18.1.69-101.

A discussion primarily of life-form terms and other higher-level nomenclature.

Kari, James (1975)

``Babine, a New Athabaskan Linguistic Grouping,'' ms. Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks, Alaska.

[Argues that the Babine dialects should be treated as a distinct language, not as dialects of Carrier.]

Kari, James and Sharon Hargus (1989)

``Dialectology, Ethnonymy and Prehistory in the Northwest Portion of the `Carrier' Language Area,'' ms. Alaska Native Language Center, Fairbanks, Alaska, and University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

[Contains evidence against the treatment of Babine and Witsuwit'en as dialects of Carrier.]

Morice, Adrien-Gabriel (1932)

The Carrier Language. Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Austria: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift ``Anthropos''.

[This is primarily a description of Nak'azdli Carrier, but the section on dialect differences contains some information on BW.]

Morice, Adrien-Gabriel(1933)

``Carrier Onomatology,'' American Anthropologist n.s.35.632-658.

[Describes and analyzes personal and place names. Morice uses the term "Carrier" in the broad sense, in which it includes BW.]

Patrick, Dorothy and Susie Tress (1991)

Nedut'en (Lake Babine) Bilingual Classroom Dictionary. Vanderhoof: Yinka Dene Language Institute and Carrier Linguistic Committee.

[Babine-English children's dictionary for use in primary school classes, in large print, with illustrations and example sentences. Contains about 600 entries. Available from YDLI.]

Poser, William J.(1997)

``Distribution of Features in Carrier Dialects and Babine,'' manuscript.

[A listing of over 50 features distinguishing Carrier dialects and Babine-Witsuwit'en. The Babine-Witsuwit'en information was provided by Sharon Hargus. Periodically updated.]

Rose, Laura, Dorothy Giuliani, Ruth Young and Susie Tress (1997)

My Grandma Makes Bannock. Stso' Ghey Bee Sit'e 'Illhekh. Vanderhoof: School District 91 and Lake Babine Nation. Story by Laura Rose, Dorothy Giuliani, Ruth Young, Susie Tress. Translated by Susie Tress and Dorothy Patrick, with the assistance of Elder John Dennis. Photographs by Dorothy Giuliani. Illustrations by Laura Rose. ISBN 0-9682471-0-5. 29pp. Profusely illustrated, mostly with colour photographs. Softcover, with laminated covers. In English and Nedut'en (Babine). A boy describes making and eating bannock (fry bread). Contains a recipe for bannock.

Story, Gillian L. (1984)

Babine and Carrier Phonology: A Historically Oriented Study. Arlington, Texas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

[A discussion of the derivation of the sound systems of Babine and Carrier from Proto-Athabaskan, with particular attention to Babine. Story's conclusions form an important part of the evidence for the treatment of Babine-Witsuwit'en and Carrier as distinct languages.]

Thompson, Sheila (1991)

Cheryl Bibalhats [Cheryl's Potlatch]. Vanderhoof: Yinka Dene Language Institute.

[An account of a little girl's potlatch, from her point of view, told in Nedot'en (Babine), with English translation.]

Available from YDLI.]

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