We Are Our Language An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community

Name: We Are Our Language An Ethnography of Language Revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan Community
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ISBN: 9780816514533

ISBN-10: 0816514534

ISBN-13: 9780816514533

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Barbra A. Meek

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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…

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List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 2/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.03" wide x 8.98" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Barbra A. Meek is an associate professor of anthropology and linguistics at the University of Michigan. In addition to her research, she has helped organize and produce Kaska language workshops and teaching materials.



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



Ruptured: Kaska in Context



Endangered Languages and the Process of Language Revitalization



Growing Up Endangered



Manufacturing Legitimate Languages



"We Are Our Language": The Political Discourses of Language Endangerment



From Revitalization to Socialization: Disjuncture and Beyond



List of Acronyms



Transcription Notation


Notes


References


Index