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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458097403321

Autore

Bakker Peter

Titolo

A language of our own [[electronic resource] ] : the genesis of Michif : the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis / / Peter Bakker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1997

ISBN

1-280-52809-5

0-19-535708-6

1-4294-0152-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics  A language of our own

Disciplina

447.971

497.3

497/.3

Soggetti

Michif language - History

Michif language - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Remarks on Spelling; Abbreviations; Maps; 1 Introduction; 2 European-Amerindian Contact in the Fur Trade; 3 The Métis Nation: Origin and Culture; 4 Grammatical Sketch of Michif; 5 Variation in Michif; 6 Cree-French Language Mixture: Types and Origin; 7 Ethnogenesis and Language Genesis: A Model; 8 The Intertwining of French and Cree; 9 The Source Languages of Michif: French, Cree, and Ojibwe; 10 The Genesis of Michif; Notes; References; Index of Languages, Personal Names, and Geographical Names; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Michif language - spoken by descendants of French Canadian fur traders and Cree Indians in western Canada - uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and has two sets of grammatical rules. Bakker uses historical research and fieldwork data to present an analysis of how it came into being.