User talk:CedarForest14

Suggestion
Hey, welcome to Wiktionary, great to see someone taking up Salishan languages here on Wiktionary.

I have a small request/suggestion, and that is whether you could add sources to entries you make? It's useful for the readers to know where we get our information from, and I assume you're following some kind of dictionary and/or grammar when creating your entries. The easiest way to add sources is to create a reference template (cf. for instance R:esu:Jacobson:2012) and add it under the "References" header on each entry (like at kegluneq).

Don't hesitate to ask me anything if you run into any questions or problems! Thadh (talk) 18:53, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hey, thanks for reaching out. I've created a template at R:lut:Bates:1994, which is the source for nearly if not all Lushootseed entries on the site. I'll try to go back & add it to as many entries missing it as I go along, but if you see any missed, feel free to add it, as I doubt any other source has been used on here for the basic semantic details. I'll add further reference templates where needed.
 * Thanks again! CedarForest14 (talk) 19:12, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

Seeking references for Lushootseed marking of intentionality
Over on StackExchange, John Lawler posted an answer to a question about any languages that might inflectionally mark for volition or intention. He wrote that Lushootseed did so, and from one of his examples (which contrasted pour and spill) I extracted the segment dxʷ, which I've found here described as "expressing lack of full control on the part of an agent." That's exactly the kind of thing I'm trying to learn more about.

I see from the entry's history that it was you who created it. So because Professor Lawler has, I was sad to learn, recently died. it is to you that I come in the hopes of obtaining references that document the examples he provided in his StackExchange answer... or any other similar examples that you may know of. Any help would be greatly appreciated. PaulTanenbaum (talk) 20:57, 17 July 2024 (UTC)