Lexical Discontinuities between Generations: Recent Inuit Cases from North Baffin Island

During recent fieldwork in North Baffin Island, I came across several Inuit terms well known by elders but fading into oblivion among young people. In an apparent paradox, these more or less forgotten words among young Inuit generations designate objective situations that in most cases still belong...

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Published in:Anthropological Linguistics
Main Author: Bordin, Guy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Project MUSE 2009
Subjects:
Baffin Island
Baffin
inuit
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/anl.2009.0003
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spelling crjohnshopkinsun:10.1353/anl.2009.0003 2024-05-19T07:37:55+00:00 Lexical Discontinuities between Generations: Recent Inuit Cases from North Baffin Island Bordin, Guy 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/anl.2009.0003 en eng Project MUSE Anthropological Linguistics volume 51, issue 3-4, page 191-208 ISSN 1944-6527 journal-article 2009 crjohnshopkinsun https://doi.org/10.1353/anl.2009.0003 2024-04-25T07:54:39Z During recent fieldwork in North Baffin Island, I came across several Inuit terms well known by elders but fading into oblivion among young people. In an apparent paradox, these more or less forgotten words among young Inuit generations designate objective situations that in most cases still belong to the contemporary world, at least as possibilities. It is argued that the loss of these words is the result of the obsolescence of the social practices and cultural understandings that the words reference. Article in Journal/Newspaper Baffin Island Baffin inuit Johns Hopkins University Press Anthropological Linguistics 51 3-4 191 208
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description During recent fieldwork in North Baffin Island, I came across several Inuit terms well known by elders but fading into oblivion among young people. In an apparent paradox, these more or less forgotten words among young Inuit generations designate objective situations that in most cases still belong to the contemporary world, at least as possibilities. It is argued that the loss of these words is the result of the obsolescence of the social practices and cultural understandings that the words reference.
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title_full Lexical Discontinuities between Generations: Recent Inuit Cases from North Baffin Island
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