| The Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic Volume 58 Contributor(s): Dorais, Louis-Jacques (Author) |
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ISBN: 0773544453 ISBN-13: 9780773544451 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $43.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 497.124 |
| LCCN: 2010294950 |
| Series: McGill-Queen's Native and Northern |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.02" W x 9.13" (1.35 lbs) 397 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Arctic/Antarctic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The culmination of forty years of research, The Language of the Inuit maps the geographical distribution and linguistic differences between the Eskaleut and Inuit languages and dialects. Providing details about aspects of comparative phonology, grammar, and lexicon as well as Inuit prehistory and historical evolution, Louis-Jacques Dorais shows the effects of bilingualism, literacy, and formal education on Inuit language and considers its present status and future. An enormous task, masterfully accomplished, The Language of the Inuit is not only an anthropological and linguistic study of a language and the broad social and cultural contexts where it is spoken but a history of the language's speakers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dorais, Louis-Jacques: - CA |