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Lessons from Fort Apache : beyond language endangerment and maintenance / [electronic resource]

by Nevins, M. Eleanor.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture: 5.Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, [2013]Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9781118426395; 1118426398; 9781118426401; 1118426401; 9781118426425; 1118426428; 9781118426470; 1118426479; 1299464475; 9781299464476.Subject(s): Apache Indians -- Arizona -- Fort Apache Indian Reservations -- Languages | Apache Indians -- Arizona -- San Carlos Indian Reservation -- Languages | Endangered languages | Language maintenance | Ethnology | Anthropological linguistics | Apache Indians -- Social life and customs | HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General | Electronic booksOnline resources: Wiley Online Library
Contents:
Introduction -- Indigenous languages and the mediation of communities -- Learning to listen -- They live in Lonesome Dove -- Stories in the moment of encounter -- What no Coyote story means -- "Some 'no no' and some 'yes'" -- Sustainability -- Appendix A: Lawrence Mithlo -- Appendix B: Eva Lupe on her early life -- Index.
Summary: "This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices in indigenous communities. Offers a focused ethnographic analysis of an indigenous community that also explores global issues of language endangerment and maintenance and their socio-historical contexts"--Product Information.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Indigenous languages and the mediation of communities -- Learning to listen -- They live in Lonesome Dove -- Stories in the moment of encounter -- What no Coyote story means -- "Some 'no no' and some 'yes'" -- Sustainability -- Appendix A: Lawrence Mithlo -- Appendix B: Eva Lupe on her early life -- Index.

"This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices in indigenous communities. Offers a focused ethnographic analysis of an indigenous community that also explores global issues of language endangerment and maintenance and their socio-historical contexts"--Product Information.

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