Meek Barbra A. We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community 9780816514533

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Автор: Meek Barbra A.
Название: We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community
ISBN: 9780816514533
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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ISBN-10: 0816514534
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 232
Вес: 0.36 кг.
Дата издания: 01.02.2012
Серия: Sociology
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures
Размер: 226 x 150 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Indigenous peoples
Подзаголовок: An ethnography of language revitalization in a northern athabaskan community
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: For many communities around the world, the revitalization or at least the preservation of an indigenous language is a pressing concern. Understanding the issue involves far more than compiling simple usage statistics or documenting the grammar of a tongue--it requires examining the social practices and philosophies that affect indigenous language survival. In presenting the case of Kaska, an endangered language in an Athabascan community in the Yukon, Barbra Meek asserts that language revitalization requires more than just linguistic rehabilitation; it demands a social transformation. The process must mend rips and tears in the social fabric of the language community that result from an enduring colonial history focused on termination. These disjunctures include government policies conflicting with community goals, widely varying teaching methods and generational viewpoints, and even clashing ideologies within the language community. This book provides a detailed investigation of language revitalization based on more than two years of active participation in local language renewal efforts. Each chapter focuses on a different dimension, such as spelling and expertise, conversation and social status, family practices, and bureaucratic involvement in local language choices. Each situation illustrates the balance between the desire for linguistic continuity and the reality of disruption. We Are Our Language reveals the subtle ways in which different conceptions and practices--historical, material, and interactional--can variably affect the state of an indigenous language, and it offers a critical step toward redefining success and achieving revitalization.

We Are Our Language: An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community, Meek Barbra A.