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A language of our own : the genesis of Michif, the mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis / Peter Bakker.
Penn Museum Library PM7895.M53 . B35 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bakker, Peter, 1959-
- Series:
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 10.
- Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Michif language--History.
- Michif language.
- Michif language--Grammar.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 316 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- [Revised edition].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- The Michif language -- spoken by descendants of French Canadian fur traders and Cree Indians in western Canada -- is considered an "impossible language" since it uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and comprises two different sets of grammatical rules. Bakker uses historical research and fieldwork data to present the first detailed analysis of this language and how it came into being.
- Notes:
- Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-304) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0195097114
- 0195097122
- OCLC:
- 36458164
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