| From the Writings of the Greenlanders: Kalaallit Atuakklaannit Contributor(s): Fortescue, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0912006439 ISBN-13: 9780912006437 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1990 Annotation: The diversity of works contained here cover dialogue, narration, poetic elaboration, and philosophic commentary on Greenlandic life; they display the distinctive voices of talented and unique authors. The Greenlandic text is presented with a sentence-by-sentence English translation on the facing page. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 497.1 |
| LCCN: 90-11122 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.34" W x 9.21" (1.32 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This prose sampler from West Greenland reveals a century-old independent literary tradition, the rich written expression in a native North American language of an ancient and successful culture. Linguist Michael Fortescue compiled these excerpts to demonstrate the range of Greenlandic writing and make works in this flourishing language more accessible to English-speaking readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fortescue, Michael: - Michael Fortescue is professor of linguistics at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and the author of many books, including "Language Relations Across the Bering Strait" and "From the Writings of the Greenlanders: Kalaallit Atuakklaannit." |