What Do Place-Names Tell about non-Human Beings among Canadian Inuit?

Typologies have been proposed to organise Inuit placenames in several categories based on the meaning of and glosses on the names. One possible category gathers those toponyms that are related to beings that are neither human nor animal (“other-than-animal non-human beingsâ€). In Nunavut and Nunav...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Northern Studies
Main Author: Bordin, Guy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Umeå 2017
Subjects:
Inuit
place-names
toponyms
typology
space
non-human beings
tuurngait
ijirait
Nunavut
Nunavik
Specific Languages
Studier av enskilda språk
inuit
Journal of Northern Studies
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-145852
https://doi.org/10.36368/jns.v11i1.879
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Summary:Typologies have been proposed to organise Inuit placenames in several categories based on the meaning of and glosses on the names. One possible category gathers those toponyms that are related to beings that are neither human nor animal (“other-than-animal non-human beingsâ€). In Nunavut and Nunavik (Canadian Eastern Arctic), this category is used quantitatively to name an almost insignificant number of sites. On the other hand, however, such particular place-names are to be found all over the lands inhabited by Inuit, witnessing the “other†nature of this space by comparison to the space commonly frequented by people and animals.

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