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Defying Maliseet language death : emergent vitalities of language, culture, and identity in Eastern Canada / Bernard C. Perley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perley, Bernard C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Passamaquoddy language--New Brunswick--Tobique Indian Reserve--History.
- Passamaquoddy language.
- Passamaquoddy language--New Brunswick--Tobique Indian Reserve--Revival.
- Language obsolescence--New Brunswick--Tobique Indian Reserve.
- Language obsolescence.
- Language and culture--New Brunswick--Tobique Indian Reserve.
- Language and culture.
- Communication and culture--New Brunswick--Tobique Indian Reserve.
- Communication and culture.
- Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.)--History.
- Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.).
- Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.)--Social life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Today, indigenous communities throughout North America are grappling with the dual issues of language loss and revitalization. While many communities are making efforts to bring their traditional languages back through educational programs, for some communities these efforts are not enough or have come too late to stem the tide of language death, which occurs when there are no remaini
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Terminology and Orthography; 1. The Specter of Language Death; Map; 2. "Tipping" toward Maliseet Language Death; 3. Programming Language Maintenance; 4. From Spoken Maliseet to Text; 5. Elementary Language Curriculum and Practice; 6. Death by Suicide; 7. Language and Being in Maliseet Worlds; 8. Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-68761-4
- 9786613664556
- 0-8032-3810-X
- OCLC:
- 794664045
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