Quebec's Aboriginal Languages

History, Planning and Development
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-1-85359-361-1
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 722 g

This volume is the most complete of any published concerning the nine native languages of Quebec: Abenaki, Algonquin, Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, Micmac, Mohawk, Montagnais and Naskapi.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maurais, Jacques

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

William F. Mackey: Preface to the English Edition

1. Jacques Maurais: The Situation of Aboriginal Languages in the Americas

2. Louis-Jacques Dorais: The Aboriginal Languages of Quebec, Past and Present

3. Francois Trudel: Aboriginal Language Policies of the Canadian and Quebec Governments

4. Lynn Drapeau: The State of the Art in Linguistic Research, Standardisation and Modernisation in Quebec Aboriginal Languages

5. Ronald Lowe: Grammatical Sketches

6. The Future of Aboriginal Languages

A The Future of Algonquin

Molly Kistabish

B The Future of Atikamekw

Marthe Coocoo

C The Future of the Cree Language

James Babbish

D Is There a Future for the Huron Language?

Linda Sioui

E The Future of Inuktitut

Taamusi Qumaq

F Will the Micmac Language Survive?

Romeo Labillois

G The Future of Mohawk

Myra Cree

H The Future of the Montagnais Language

Marcelline Picard-Canape

I The Current State and the Future of the Naskapi Language

Agnes Mackenzie and Bill Jancewitz

7. Lynn Drapeau and Jean-Claude Corbeil: The Aboriginal Languages in the Perspective of Language Planning

Über Autor(innen)

Jacques Maurais is a graduate of Laval and Cambridge universities. He worked as a terminologist at the Office de la langue francaise while lecturing at Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres. Since 1980 he has been with the Conseil de la langue francaise, where he has edited La norme linguistique (in conjunction with Edith Bedard), La crise des langues, Politique et amenagement linguistiques and Langues et societes en contact (in conjunction with Pierre Martel).