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Author Perley, Bernard C

Title Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada
Published Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (250 pages)
Contents 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
Summary 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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Subject 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
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
Communication and culture
Language and culture
Language obsolescence
Manners and customs
Passamaquoddy language
SUBJECT Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) -- History
Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) -- Social life and customs
Subject New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780803238107
080323810X