03848nam 2200661 a 450 991080742140332120240416201845.00-7735-8176-60-7735-8162-610.1515/9780773581623(CKB)2670000000148897(OCoLC)767733303(CaPaEBR)ebrary10580849(SSID)ssj0000690833(PQKBManifestationID)11403366(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690833(PQKBWorkID)10628378(PQKB)10687800(MiAaPQ)EBC3332284(CEL)435975(CaBNVSL)slc00230045(DE-B1597)655860(DE-B1597)9780773581623(EXLCZ)99267000000014889720090720h20102010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe language of the Inuit syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic /Louis-Jacques Dorais1st ed.Montréal [Que.] McGill-Queen's University Pressc20101 online resource (409 p.)McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;58"Inuit uqausingit"--Cover, in syllabics.0-7735-3646-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-386) and index.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."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.McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;58.Inuktitut languageSocial aspectsInuitLanguagesInuit languageInuit languageSocial aspectsInuktitut languageSocial aspects.InuitLanguages.Inuit language.Inuit languageSocial aspects.497/.12Dorais Louis-Jacques1945-925205MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807421403321The language of the Inuit4074101UNINA