A mission for grammar writing : early approaches to Inuit (Eskimo) languages
The Inuit inhabit a vast area of--from a European point of view--most inhospitable land, stretching from the northeastern tip of Asia to the east coast of Greenland. Inuit peoples have never been numerous, their settlements being scattered over enormous distances. But nevertheless, from an ethnologi...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12437 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1133423 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/12437/mission.pdf |
| Summary: | The Inuit inhabit a vast area of--from a European point of view--most inhospitable land, stretching from the northeastern tip of Asia to the east coast of Greenland. Inuit peoples have never been numerous, their settlements being scattered over enormous distances. But nevertheless, from an ethnological point of view, all Inuit peoples shared a distinct culture, featuring sea mammal and caribou hunting, sophisticated survival skills, technical and social devices, including the sharing of essential goods and strategies for minimizing and controlling aggression. |
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