When the survival of a language is at stake - The future of Inuttitut in arctic Quebec
This article compares the functional roles of English, French, and Inuttitut in arctic Quebec. In their concern, with disadvantaged members of society and their focus on functional differences in language use, the authors draw on early research by Robinson concerning language and social behavior for...
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ftunivqespace:oai:espace.library.uq.edu.au:UQ:114388 2023-05-15T14:55:01+02:00 When the survival of a language is at stake - The future of Inuttitut in arctic Quebec Louis, Winnifred Taylor, Donald M. 2001-01-01 https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:114388 eng eng Sage Publications Inc doi:10.1177/0261927X01020001006 issn:0261-927X orcid:0000-0003-2996-982X Linguistics Psychology Social Education Identity Heritage English 380100 Psychology Journal Article 2001 ftunivqespace https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X01020001006 2020-08-04T06:48:10Z This article compares the functional roles of English, French, and Inuttitut in arctic Quebec. In their concern, with disadvantaged members of society and their focus on functional differences in language use, the authors draw on early research by Robinson concerning language and social behavior for working- and middle-class speakers. First, they present evidence concerning the importance of sustained heritage language (Inuttitut) development in second-language acquisition and address the implications of this finding in terms of additive versus subtractive bilingualism in the North. Second they contrast the language proficiencies of children in the two dominant languages, English and French, exploring variations in status and their concomitant effects on language acquisition. Finally they compare the conversational versus academic language proficiencies of Inuit children in the context of minority versus dominant language education and discuss implications for the debate on language deficits versus differences for disadvantaged children. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace Arctic Journal of Language and Social Psychology 20 1-2 111 143 |
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This article compares the functional roles of English, French, and Inuttitut in arctic Quebec. In their concern, with disadvantaged members of society and their focus on functional differences in language use, the authors draw on early research by Robinson concerning language and social behavior for working- and middle-class speakers. First, they present evidence concerning the importance of sustained heritage language (Inuttitut) development in second-language acquisition and address the implications of this finding in terms of additive versus subtractive bilingualism in the North. Second they contrast the language proficiencies of children in the two dominant languages, English and French, exploring variations in status and their concomitant effects on language acquisition. Finally they compare the conversational versus academic language proficiencies of Inuit children in the context of minority versus dominant language education and discuss implications for the debate on language deficits versus differences for disadvantaged children. |
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When the survival of a language is at stake - The future of Inuttitut in arctic Quebec |
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