Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada.

Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada.

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Today, Indigenous communities throughout North America are grappling with the dual issues of language loss and revitalization. While many communities are making efforts...

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Main Author: Perley, Bernard C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2011.
Subjects:
Passamaquoddy language > New Brunswick > Tobique Indian Reserve > History.
Passamaquoddy language > New Brunswick > Tobique Indian Reserve > Revival.
Language obsolescence > New Brunswick > Tobique Indian Reserve.
Language and culture > New Brunswick > Tobique Indian Reserve.
Communication and culture > New Brunswick > Tobique Indian Reserve.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Communication and culture
Language and culture
Language obsolescence
Manners and customs
Passamaquoddy language
Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) > History.
Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) > Social life and customs.
New Brunswick > Tobique Indian Reserve
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Terminology and Orthography; 1. The Specter of Language Death; Map; 2. "Tipping" toward Maliseet Language Death; 3. Programming Language Maintenance; 4. From Spoken Maliseet to Text; 5. Elementary Language Curriculum and Practice; 6. Death by Suicide; 7. Language and Being in Maliseet Worlds; 8. Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity; Notes; References; Index.

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