University of British Columbia, 2005. — 389 p. The classification of predicates according to their aspectual properties has a long history, dating back to Aristotle. Perhaps the most influential classification can be attributed to Vendler (1967). The time schemata to distinguish his four classes relies on a combination of entailment patterns and behaviours of "verbs" in...
University of British Columbia, 1998. — 98 p. The goal of this thesis is to present an analysis of verbal plurality and adverbial quantification in Skwxwu7mesh (Squamish Salish). This thesis provides a detailed analysis of a phenomenon in Skwxwu7mesh that has never been explored: the effect of the auxiliary wa on predicates from various aspectual classes in both non-quantified...
University of British Columbia, 2006. — 257 p. In this thesis, I investigate the properties of determiners in Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh (Squamish) Salish. Determiners in Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh behave significantly differently from the definite determiner “the” in English. Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh lacks a definite/indefiniteness distinction; all DPs can be used in both familiar and novel contexts, and are...
University of British Columbia, 2011. — 479 p. This dissertation is an examination of the phenomenon of control in Sḵwx̱wu7mesh (a.k.a the Squamish language). The notion of control has been part of the Salishan linguistic tradition for more than 30 years and it has been described as the ‘degree of control an agent has over an event’ (Thompson 1979). It has been described as...
De Gruyter, 1967. — 409 p. — (Janua Linguarum. Series Practicam, 73). The Squamish tribe, a subdivision of the Coast Salish stock of North America, at one time inhabited the area around Howe Sound and along the banks of the lower Squamish River and Cheakamus Creek in southern British Columbia. More recently they spread to the shores of English Bay, False Creek and Burrard Inlet...
De Gruyter Mouton, 1969. — 104 p. — (Janua Linguarum. Series Practicam, 73/2). The Squamish tribe, a subdivision of the Coast Salish stock of North America, at one time inhabited the area around Howe Sound and along the banks of the lower Squamish River and Cheakamus Creek in southern British Columbia. More recently they spread to the shores of English Bay, False Creek and...
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