{"product_id":"language-politics-and-social-interaction-in-an-inuit-community-9783110176513","title":"Language, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donna Patrick\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Indigenous Languages in the Americas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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. \u003ci\u003eLanguage, Politics, and Social Interaction in an Inuit Community\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Gruyter Mouton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47614059413655,"sku":"9783110176513","price":16116.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783110176513.webp?v=1775090805","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/language-politics-and-social-interaction-in-an-inuit-community-9783110176513","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}