The Language of the Inuit Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic

Dorais, Louis-Jacques

ISBN 10: 0773544453 / ISBN 13: 9780773544451

Published by McGill Queens Univ, 2014

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reprint edition. 396 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Language of the Inuit Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773544453
• ISBN 13: 9780773544451
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

The culmination of forty years of research, The Language of the Inuit maps the geographical distribution and linguistic differences between the Eskaleut and Inuit languages and dialects. Providing details about aspects of comparative phonology, grammar, and lexicon as well as Inuit prehistory and historical evolution, Louis-Jacques Dorais shows the effects of bilingualism, literacy, and formal education on Inuit language and considers its present status and future. An enormous task, masterfully accomplished, The Language of the Inuit is not only an anthropological and linguistic study of a language and the broad social and cultural contexts where it is spoken but a history of the language's speakers.

About the Author

Louis-Jacques Dorais is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Université Laval.