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Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community

Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP] 8
ISBN/EAN: 9783110176513
Umbreit-Nr.: 3751179

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: XII, 269 S., 6 s/w Illustr., 3 Karten
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Einband: gebundenes Buch

Erschienen am 19.06.2003
Auflage: 1/2003
€ 139,95
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  • Zusatztext
    • 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
    • Donna Patrick is Associate Professor at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.