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

• Autore: Bakker Peter <1959-.>
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 447.971; 497.3; 497/.3
• Soggetto topico: Michif language - History; Michif language - Grammar
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• 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 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A language of our own
• ISBN: 0-19-772124-9; 1-280-52809-5; 0-19-535708-6; 1-4294-0152-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819947603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; ; 10.; Oxford scholarship online.