Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community
Aims and Scope 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 play...
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ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:24220 2023-05-15T14:52:15+02:00 Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community Patrick, D. (Donna) 2013-06-10 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/24220 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/24220 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2013 ftcarletonunivir 2022-02-06T21:51:28Z Aims and Scope 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit inuktitut Carleton University's Institutional Repository Arctic |
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Aims and Scope 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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Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community |
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Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community |
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Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community |
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Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community |
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Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community |
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