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Libraries and the Arctic: Language Education Support
The Arctic inspires awe. This unique region of the world has been studied in many ways by many different disciplines. The discipline of librarianship can also add to its study.
Karen Bordonaro, Shelby Angalik
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Inuktitut Syllabics and Microcomputers [PDF]
Word processing with Syllables is now very common. Many different approaches have been used. In 1985 a computer code standard like the ASCII was proposed for Syllables in order to facilitate communication. This has not been widely implemented and is not likely to gain further recognition. Macintosh computers have always had a built-
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An ephemeral anomaly. The metamorphoses of the Eskimo Language School: 1968-1999 [PDF]
This is an informal history of the now defunct Eskimo Language School and its successors from 1968 to its demise in 1999. The Eskimo Language School was an institution set up by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development of the federal ...
Mallon, Mick
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ABSTRACT Rapid warming in the Arctic is causing cumulative impacts on ecosystems, including widespread reduction in sea ice extent, resulting in shifts in primary production, which can have cascading bottom‐up trophic influences on marine food web structure and function. Understanding trophic interactions and the structure of local food webs across the
Reyd Dupuis‐Smith +9 more
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Relating propositions : subordination and coordination strategies in a polysynthetic language [PDF]
This paper discusses the relationship between the morphological structure of language and its syntactic structure. Although it is primarily a single language which is analysed in detail, namely, Inuktitut, an Eskimo language of the Canadian Eastern ...
Nowak, Elke
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Aboriginal Languages in Quebec: Fighting Linguicide with Bilingual Education [PDF]
Aboriginal peoples in Quebec are fighting for the survival of their language and culture. An essential component of Aboriginal decolonization and empowerment is the protection and enhancement of the Aboriginal heritage ...
Caouette, Julie +3 more
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Abstract This article examines how Indigenous language revitalization serves as a foundation for self‐governance and legal resurgence, focusing on the Lil'wat Nation's efforts to reclaim Ucwalmícwts. Drawing on presentations from the 30th Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium and community‐based sources, the article highlights how language encodes
Qátsya7 Mason Ducharme +5 more
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A mission for grammar writing : early approaches to Inuit (Eskimo) languages [PDF]
The Inuit inhabit a vast area of--from a European point of view--most inhospitable land, stretching from the northeastern tip of Asia to the east coast of Greenland.
Nowak, Elke
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Abstract In Canada, growing awareness of multilingualism in language teacher education requires educators to rethink how we practice language education. Many are increasingly questioning how established English–French official language programming can be reconciled with the reviving and reclaiming of Indigenous languages, and how we might think across ...
Meike Wernicke +2 more
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Choix langagiers dans la capitale du Nunavut
This article describes some elements of the linguistic behaviour of Inuit living in Iqaluit, the capital of the new territory of Nunavut. By observing linguistic interaction in 45 households and interviewing 50 Inuit adults from Iqaluit, we elucidate the
Louis-Jacques Dorais
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