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
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tucson, Arizona :
University of Arizona Press,
2018.
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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.