| Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community Reprint 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Patrick, Donna (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110176513 ISBN-13: 9783110176513 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $186.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 497.124 |
| LCCN: 2003052748 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.27 lbs) 281 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
