Title Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada.

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Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, 2011.

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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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject	Passamaquoddy language -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve -- History.
	Passamaquoddy language.
	New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve.
	History.
	Passamaquoddy language -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve -- Revival.
	Language obsolescence -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve.
	Language obsolescence.
	Language and culture -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve.
	Language and culture.
	Communication and culture -- New Brunswick -- Tobique Indian Reserve.
	Communication and culture.
	Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) -- History.
	Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Perley, Bernard C. Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada. Lincoln : UNP - Nebraska, ©2011 9780803225299
ISBN	9780803238107 (electronic book)
	080323810X (electronic book)
	0803225296
	9780803225299

Title Defying Maliseet Language Death : Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada.

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