The the Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic (McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)

Dorais, Louis-Jacques

ISBN 10: 0773536469 / ISBN 13: 9780773536463

Published by McGill Queens Univ, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The the Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic (McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series)
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773536469
• ISBN 13: 9780773536463
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 2.54W x 15.24H x 22.86D centimeters 2.54 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 726 grams

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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 Authors

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

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