2013-06-10
Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community
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Aims and Scope 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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Organisation | Department of Sociology and Anthropology |
Patrick, D. (2013). Language, politics, and social interaction in an inuit community. Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community, 1–269.
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