Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community

By Donna Patrick

Since the early 1970s, the Inuit of Arctic Quebec have struggled to survive economically and culturally in a rapidly changing northern environment. The promotion and maintenance of Inuktitut, their native language, through language policy and Inuit control over institutions, have played a major role in this struggle. Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community is a study of indigenous language maintenance in an Arctic Quebec community where four languages - Inuktitut, Cree, French, and English - are spoken. It examines the role that dominant and minority languages play in the social life of this community, linking historical analysis with an ethnographic study of face-to-face interaction and attitudes towards learning and speaking second and third languages in everyday life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110176513
• ISBN13: 9783110176513
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary