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Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community: 8 (Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP], 8) - Hardcover

Patrick, Donna

 
9783110176513: Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community: 8 (Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP], 8)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3110176513 ISBN 13: 9783110176513
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2003

Synopsis

Since the early 1970s, the Inuit of Arctic Quebec have struggled to survive economically and culturally in a rapidly changing northern environment. The promotion and maintenance of Inuktitut, their native language, through language policy and Inuit control over institutions, have played a major role in this struggle. Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community is a study of indigenous language maintenance in an Arctic Quebec community where four languages - Inuktitut, Cree, French, and English - are spoken. It examines the role that dominant and minority languages play in the social life of this community, linking historical analysis with an ethnographic study of face-to-face interaction and attitudes towards learning and speaking second and third languages in everyday life.

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About the Author

Donna Patrick is Associate Professor at Carleton University, Ontario, Canada.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3110176513
ISBN 13 
9783110176513
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
284