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  Title

  The language of the Inuit : syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic

  Author

  Dorais, Louis-Jacques, 1945-  

  Publisher:

  McGill-Queen's University Press,

  Pub date:

  c2010.

  Physical description

  xii, 396 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

  ISBN:

  9780773536463

  Item info:

  3 copies available at Yellowknife Public Library, Inuvik Centennial Library, and Ulukhaktok Community Library.
  

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    Ulukhaktok Community Library	Copies	Material	Location
    N 497 DOR	1	Northern/Rare material	Northern/Special collection
    Inuvik Centennial Library	Copies	Material	Location
    N 497 DOR	1	Northern/Rare material	Northern/Special collection
    Yellowknife Public Library	Copies	Material	Location
    N 497 DOR	1	Northern/Rare material	Northern/Special collection

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  The language of the Inuit : syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic
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  The language of the Inuit : syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic
  Dorais, Louis-Jacques, 1945-
  

  LC Call Number:

  PM50 .D669 2010

  Dewey Decimal Classification Number:

  497/.124 22

  Personal Author:

  Dorais, Louis-Jacques, 1945-

  Title:

  The language of the Inuit : syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic / Louis-Jacques Dorais.

  Publication info:

  Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.

  Physical description:

  xii, 396 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

  Series Statement:

  (McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 58)

  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  Contents:

  Introduction -- The Eskaleut family of languages -- The Inuit language -- The Nunavik Dialect of Inukitut -- The prehistory of the Inuit language -- Historical sources and linguistic change -- Semantics, neology, and oral change -- Literacy and formal education -- Language contact and bilingualism -- The current status of the Inuit Language -- Conclusion : language and identity in the arctic -- Appendices. The possessive noun declension (Nunavik Inuktitut) ; The grammatical endings of verbs (Nunavik Inuktitut) ; Categories of lexical affixes with Nunavik Inuktitut examples ; Inuit first and home languages in Inuit nunaat (Canada) in 2006.

  Summary:

  "The Inuit occupy an immense area of land - from the easternmost tip of Russia, through Alaska and Canada, to Greenland. Inuit language, history, semantics, sociology, and anthropology show a variety of distinct characteristics in different parts of this vast area. Covering an equally impressive range, The Language of the Inuit is the most comprehensive study to date of the language and the forces that have affected its development. The culmination of forty years of research, The Language of the Inuit maps the geographical distribution and linguistic differences between the Eskaleut and Inuit languages and dialects. Providing details about aspects of comparative phonology, grammar, and lexicon as well as Inuit prehistory and historical evolution, Louis-Jacques Dorais shows the effects of bilingualism, literacy, and formal education on Inuit language and considers its present status and future. An enormous task, masterfully accomplished, The Language of the Inuit is not only an anthropological and linguistic study of a language and the broad social and cultural contexts where it is spoken but a history of the language's speakers."--pub. desc.

  Held by:

  PUB-YK PUB-IN PUB-HL

  Subject term:

  Inuit--Languages.

  Subject term:

  Inuit--Languages--Social aspects.

  Subject term:

  Inuktitut language.

  Subject term:

  Inuktitut language--Social aspects.

  Subject term:

  Sprachwandel swd

  Subject term:

  Semantik swd

  Subject term:

  Schulbildung swd

  Subject term:

  Zweisprachigkeit swd

  Subject term:

  Identität swd

  Subject term:

  Inuit (taal) gtt

  Subject term:

  Inuktitut (Langue)

  Subject term:

  Inuktitut (Langue)--Aspect social.

  Subject term:

  Inuit--Langues.

  Subject term:

  Langues inuit.

  Subject term:

  Langues inuit--Aspect social.

  Geographic term:

  Polareskimoisch swd

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