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Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community

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ISBN/EAN: 9783110897708
Umbreit-Nr.: 8612679

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 281 S.
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Erschienen am 10.06.2013
Auflage: 1/2013


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  • Zusatztext
    • <p>Since the early 1970s, the Inuit of Arctic Quebec have struggled to survive economically and culturally in a rapidly changing northern environment. The promotion and maintenance of Inuktitut, their native language, through language policy and Inuit control over institutions, have played a major role in this struggle.<i>Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community</i> is a study of indigenous language maintenance in an Arctic Quebec community where four languages - Inuktitut, Cree, French, and English - are spoken. It examines the role that dominant and minority languages play in the social life of this community, linking historical analysis with an ethnographic study of face-to-face interaction and attitudes towards learning and speaking second and third languages in everyday life. </p>
  • Kurztext
    • Since the early 1970s, the Inuit of Arctic Quebec have struggled to survive economically and culturally in a rapidly changing northern environment. The promotion and maintenance of Inuktitut, their native language, through language policy and Inuit control over institutions, have played a major role in this struggle. Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community is a study of indigenous language maintenance in an Arctic Quebec community where four languages - Inuktitut, Cree, French, and English - are spoken. It examines the role that dominant and minority languages play in the social life of this community, linking historical analysis with an ethnographic study of face-to-face interaction and attitudes towards learning and speaking second and third languages in everyday life.
  • Autorenportrait
    • <p><i>Donna Patrick</i> is Associate Professor at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.</p>