Language, identities, and ideologies of the Past and Present Chukotka
The historical background of Chukotka is one of intensive language contact and of rapid socio-political, economic, cultural and spiritual change, which often makes any predictions difficult, also in regard to language. When I first came to Chukotka in 2003, the Yupiget sense of ethnic awareness was...
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ftcopenhagenunip:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/7a5c31e0-ac39-11df-928f-000ea68e967b 2023-05-15T15:54:41+02:00 Language, identities, and ideologies of the Past and Present Chukotka Morgounova, Daria 2007 https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/language-identities-and-ideologies-of-the-past-and-present-chukotka(7a5c31e0-ac39-11df-928f-000ea68e967b).html eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Morgounova , D 2007 , ' Language, identities, and ideologies of the Past and Present Chukotka ' , Etudes Inuit Studies , vol. 31 , no. 1-2 , pp. 183-200 . article 2007 ftcopenhagenunip 2022-05-04T22:50:31Z The historical background of Chukotka is one of intensive language contact and of rapid socio-political, economic, cultural and spiritual change, which often makes any predictions difficult, also in regard to language. When I first came to Chukotka in 2003, the Yupiget sense of ethnic awareness was very strong. The majority of the Yupik population expressed positive attitudes towards their Native language and seemed to be supportive of its revitalisation. However, when I returned to Chukotka in 2005, I found out that the Yupik language status and loyalty had shifted. In this paper, I discuss language shift in Chukotka with reference to St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. I also cast light on language transformations and adaptation that I have documented during my fieldwork in the area in 2003 and 2005, and give possible explanations as to why the revitalisation movement that I witnessed in the beginning of the new millennium was short-lived and had ceased by 2005. Article in Journal/Newspaper Chukotka St Lawrence Island Yupik Alaska University of Copenhagen: Research Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) |
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The historical background of Chukotka is one of intensive language contact and of rapid socio-political, economic, cultural and spiritual change, which often makes any predictions difficult, also in regard to language. When I first came to Chukotka in 2003, the Yupiget sense of ethnic awareness was very strong. The majority of the Yupik population expressed positive attitudes towards their Native language and seemed to be supportive of its revitalisation. However, when I returned to Chukotka in 2005, I found out that the Yupik language status and loyalty had shifted. In this paper, I discuss language shift in Chukotka with reference to St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. I also cast light on language transformations and adaptation that I have documented during my fieldwork in the area in 2003 and 2005, and give possible explanations as to why the revitalisation movement that I witnessed in the beginning of the new millennium was short-lived and had ceased by 2005. |
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Language, identities, and ideologies of the Past and Present Chukotka |
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Morgounova , D 2007 , ' Language, identities, and ideologies of the Past and Present Chukotka ' , Etudes Inuit Studies , vol. 31 , no. 1-2 , pp. 183-200 . |
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