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Naming the World : Language and Power Among the Northern Arapaho

"An accessible, linguistics-focused account of language teaching, learning, and change in a Native American community"--Provided by publisher

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cowell, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. An ethnography of language shift among the Northern Arapaho
  • 1. Northern Arapaho history and communities of practice
  • 2. Cultural metaphors and the indigenous discourse of language endangerment
  • 3. Ethnogeography through time: names and power in the landscape
  • 4. Personal names and naming
  • 5. Folk etymology and language purism
  • 6. Neologisms and the politics of language maintenance
  • Conclusion. Communities of practice: a linguistic summary.