By Donna Patrick
"Since the early 1970s, the Inuit of Arctic Quebec have struggled to
survive economically and culturally in a rapidly changing northern
environment. The promotion and maintenance of Inuktitut, their native
language, through language policy and Inuit control over institutions,
have played a major role in this struggle. Language, Politics, and Social
Interaction in an Inuit Community is a study of indigenous language
maintenance in an Arctic Quebec community where four languages -
Inuktitut, Cree, French, and English - are spoken. It examines the role
that dominant and minority languages play in the social life of this
community, linking historical analysis with an ethnographic study of
face-to-face interaction and attitudes towards learning and speaking
second and third languages in everyday life."
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