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Talking in Context : Language and Identity in Kwakwaka'wakw Society.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern StudiesPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (234 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773572768
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Talking in ContextDDC classification:
  • 306.44089979530711
LOC classification:
  • PM1641 .G65 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Language Use and Identity -- 2 A Theoretical Approach to the Study of Language, Culture, and Identity -- 3 History of Contact in the K[sup(w)]ak[sup(w)]aka'wak[sup(w)] Region -- 4 Grammatical, Phonological, and Lexical Changes to K[sup(w)]ak'[sup(w)]ala -- 5 Language Use in Context -- 6 Conclusion: Continuity and Change in Language and Language Use -- Appendix: List of Suffixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.
Summary: Though linguists estimate that hundreds of languages are in danger of extinction, everyday use of Kwak'wala, an indigenous language spoken in British Columbia, reveals that it has been strategically maintained even among young speakers as a marker of cultural identity. Anne Marie Goodfellow explores the relationship between language, culture, and identity through a case study of the current use of Kwak'wala in two communities, Quatsino and Kingcome Inlet.
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Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Language Use and Identity -- 2 A Theoretical Approach to the Study of Language, Culture, and Identity -- 3 History of Contact in the K[sup(w)]ak[sup(w)]aka'wak[sup(w)] Region -- 4 Grammatical, Phonological, and Lexical Changes to K[sup(w)]ak'[sup(w)]ala -- 5 Language Use in Context -- 6 Conclusion: Continuity and Change in Language and Language Use -- Appendix: List of Suffixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W.

Though linguists estimate that hundreds of languages are in danger of extinction, everyday use of Kwak'wala, an indigenous language spoken in British Columbia, reveals that it has been strategically maintained even among young speakers as a marker of cultural identity. Anne Marie Goodfellow explores the relationship between language, culture, and identity through a case study of the current use of Kwak'wala in two communities, Quatsino and Kingcome Inlet.

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