Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780803238107
- 080323810X
- Passamaquoddy language -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve -- History
- Passamaquoddy language -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve -- Revival
- Language obsolescence -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve
- Language and culture -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve
- Communication and culture -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve
- Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) -- History
- Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) -- Social life and customs
- Langage et langues -- Disparition -- Nouveau-Brunswick -- Tobique (Réserve indienne)
- Langage et culture -- Nouveau-Brunswick -- Tobique (Réserve indienne)
- Communication et culture -- Nouveau-Brunswick -- Tobique (Réserve indienne)
- Tobique (N.-B. : Réserve indienne) -- Histoire
- Tobique (N.-B. : Réserve indienne) -- Mœurs et coutumes
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages
- Communication and culture
- Language and culture
- Language obsolescence
- Manners and customs
- Passamaquoddy language
- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve
- 497.34
- PM2135 .Z9 T637 2011
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes on Terminology and Orthography; 1. The Specter of Language Death; Map; 2. "Tipping" toward Maliseet Language Death; 3. Programming Language Maintenance; 4. From Spoken Maliseet to Text; 5. Elementary Language Curriculum and Practice; 6. Death by Suicide; 7. Language and Being in Maliseet Worlds; 8. Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity; Notes; References; Index.
Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Today, indigenous communities throughout North America are grappling with the dual issues of language loss and revitalization. While many communities are making efforts to bring their traditional languages back through educational programs, for some communities these efforts are not enough or have come too late to stem the tide of language death, which occurs when there are no remaining fluent speakers and the language is no longer used in regular communication. Th.
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