The language of the Inuit : syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic / / Louis-Jacques Dorais.
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| Superior document: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 58 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;
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| Physical Description: | xii, 396 p. :; maps. |
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Table of 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.