02830nam 2200649Ia 450 991078477340332120230414204030.00-19-772124-91-280-52809-50-19-535708-61-4294-0152-4(CKB)1000000000401631(EBL)270873(OCoLC)476005918(SSID)ssj0000189045(PQKBManifestationID)11172142(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000189045(PQKBWorkID)10156812(PQKB)10435347(Au-PeEL)EBL270873(CaPaEBR)ebr10142299(CaONFJC)MIL52809(OCoLC)466423878(MiAaPQ)EBC270873(EXLCZ)99100000000040163119940928d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA language of our own the genesis of Michif : the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis /Peter BakkerOxford :Oxford University Press,1997.1 online resource (337 pages) illustrations, mapsOxford studies in anthropological linguistics A language of our ownDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-509712-2 0-19-509711-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 IndexThe 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.Michif languageHistoryMichif languageGrammarMichif languageHistory.Michif languageGrammar.447.971497.3497/.3Bakker Peter1093189Universiteit van Amsterdam.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784773403321A language of our own3720127UNINA