Language Arts & Disciplines General
Talking in Context
Language and Identity in Kwakwaka'wakw Society
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2005
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773528758
- Publish Date
- Jul 2005
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572768
- Publish Date
- Jul 2005
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
Talking in Context demonstrates the importance of cultural contact on the structure of languages and addresses the socio-cultural aspects of indigenous language use in the modern world. Goodfellow's analysis of linguistic data from three generations of Kwak'wala speakers shows that English has greatly influenced grammar and phonology. Even though Kwak'wala is being replaced by English as the language of communication, Goodfellow found that speakers with varying degrees of fluency use the native language tactically to signal Kwak'wala identity and for ceremony.
About the author
Anne Marie Goodfellow is professor of anthropology, Western Washington University.