THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771
William Richardson is known to researchers of Labrador history for his account of a 1771 voyage along the coast of southern Labrador. A re-examination of the Richardson material at the University of Toronto Libraries revealed a 92-entry Inuttitut vocabulary that has heretofore never been published a...
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ftmemunijournals:oai:ojs.journals.library.mun.ca:article/1253 2023-05-15T16:54:47+02:00 THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771 Stopp, Marianne P. 2014-04-24 application/pdf https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1253 eng eng Memorial University of Newfoundland https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1253/919 https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/article/view/1253 Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland; No 25 (2014): Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland 0079-9335 Labrador Inuttitut William Richardson Vocabulary info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2014 ftmemunijournals 2021-05-09T13:33:20Z William Richardson is known to researchers of Labrador history for his account of a 1771 voyage along the coast of southern Labrador. A re-examination of the Richardson material at the University of Toronto Libraries revealed a 92-entry Inuttitut vocabulary that has heretofore never been published and is among the earliest collected in the English language. Many of the entries in the vocabulary directly reflect the nature of the relationship between Inuit and Europeans at the time, namely the exchange of furs and sea mammal products for objects of European manufacture. In order to assess the vocabulary's relevance and authenticity, this article presents research findings on Richardson's naval career, which show that he voyaged to western Newfoundland and southern Labrador each year between 1765 and 1771. During these voyages he encountered not only Inuit, but naval officers, Moravian missionaries, and others familiar with Inuit language and culture, who might have been the source of his material. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Electronic Journals Newfoundland |
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William Richardson is known to researchers of Labrador history for his account of a 1771 voyage along the coast of southern Labrador. A re-examination of the Richardson material at the University of Toronto Libraries revealed a 92-entry Inuttitut vocabulary that has heretofore never been published and is among the earliest collected in the English language. Many of the entries in the vocabulary directly reflect the nature of the relationship between Inuit and Europeans at the time, namely the exchange of furs and sea mammal products for objects of European manufacture. In order to assess the vocabulary's relevance and authenticity, this article presents research findings on Richardson's naval career, which show that he voyaged to western Newfoundland and southern Labrador each year between 1765 and 1771. During these voyages he encountered not only Inuit, but naval officers, Moravian missionaries, and others familiar with Inuit language and culture, who might have been the source of his material. |
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THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771 |
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THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771 |
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THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771 |
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THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771 |
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THE COMPLETE INUTTITUT VOCABULARY COLLECTED BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON CA.1765-1771 |
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complete inuttitut vocabulary collected by william richardson ca.1765-1771 |
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Memorial University of Newfoundland |
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Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland; No 25 (2014): Regional Language Studies.Newfoundland 0079-9335 |
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