Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community - Rilegato

Patrick, Donna

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 3110176513 ISBN 13: 9783110176513

Casa editrice: Mouton De Gruyter, 2003

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Donna Patrick is Associate Professor at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Mouton De Gruyter
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3110176513
• ISBN 13: 9783110176513
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 281
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile