Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community

• Main Author: Patrick, D. (Donna)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; inuit; inuktitut
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/24220

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.