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Talking in Context

Language and Identity in Kwakwaka'wakw Society

by (author) Anne Marie Goodfellow

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2005
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773528758
    Publish Date
    Jul 2005
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773572768
    Publish Date
    Jul 2005
    List Price
    $95.00

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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.

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