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Lessons from Fort Apache : beyond language endangerment and maintenance /

"This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices i...

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Main Authors: Nevins, M. Eleanor
Published: Wiley Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 5
Subjects:
Apache Indians > Arizona > Fort Apache Indian Reservations > Languages
Apache Indians > Arizona > San Carlos Indian Reservation > Languages
Endangered languages
Language maintenance
Ethnology
Anthropological linguistics
Apache Indians > Social life and customs
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General
Electronic books
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118426470
Summary: "This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices in indigenous communities. Offers a focused ethnographic analysis of an indigenous community that also explores global issues of language endangerment and maintenance and their socio-historical contexts"--Product Information.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118426395 (ePub)
1118426398 (ePub)
9781118426401 (Adobe PDF)
1118426401 (Adobe PDF)
9781118426425 ( MobiPocket)
1118426428 ( MobiPocket)
9781118426470 (electronic bk.)
1118426479 (electronic bk.)
1299464475 (electronic bk.)
9781299464476 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: E99
CLC: H0-05
Contents: Introduction -- Indigenous languages and the mediation of communities -- Learning to listen -- They live in Lonesome Dove -- Stories in the moment of encounter -- What no Coyote story means -- "Some 'no no' and some 'yes'" -- Sustainability -- Appendix A: Lawrence Mithlo -- Appendix B: Eva Lupe on her early life -- Index.

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