03088nam 2200757uu 450 991081994760332120240410113444.00-19-772124-91-280-52809-50-19-535708-61-4294-0152-410.1093/oso/9780195097115.001.0001(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(OCoLC)1406785590(StDuBDS)9780197721247(EXLCZ)99100000000040163119971201e20231997 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA language of our own the genesis of Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian M�etis /Peter Bakker[electronic resource]1st ed.New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (337 pages) illustrations, mapsOxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;10Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1997.0-19-509712-2 0-19-509711-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 is considered 'impossible' since it uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and comprises two different sets of grammatical rules. Bakker analyses the language and how it came into being.Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;10.Oxford scholarship online.Michif languageHistoryMichif languageGrammarMichif languageHistory.Michif languageGrammar.447.971497.3497/.3Bakker Peter1959-.1093189Universiteit van Amsterdam.DLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910819947603321A language of our own4068077UNINA