Lessons from Fort Apache : beyond language endangerment and maintenance /
Nevins, M. Eleanor.
Lessons from Fort Apache : beyond language endangerment and maintenance / M. Eleanor Nevins. - 1 online resource. - Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 5 . - Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 5. .
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.
9781118426395 1118426398 9781118426401 1118426401 9781118426425 1118426428 9781118426470 1118426479 1299464475 9781299464476
477697 MIL
2013018541
Apache Indians--Languages.--Arizona--Fort Apache Indian Reservations
Apache Indians--Languages.--Arizona--San Carlos Indian Reservation
Endangered languages.
Language maintenance.
Ethnology.
Anthropological linguistics.
Apache Indians--Social life and customs.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Electronic books.
E99.A6
979.004/9725
Lessons from Fort Apache : beyond language endangerment and maintenance / M. Eleanor Nevins. - 1 online resource. - Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 5 . - Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 5. .
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.
9781118426395 1118426398 9781118426401 1118426401 9781118426425 1118426428 9781118426470 1118426479 1299464475 9781299464476
477697 MIL
2013018541
Apache Indians--Languages.--Arizona--Fort Apache Indian Reservations
Apache Indians--Languages.--Arizona--San Carlos Indian Reservation
Endangered languages.
Language maintenance.
Ethnology.
Anthropological linguistics.
Apache Indians--Social life and customs.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
Electronic books.
E99.A6
979.004/9725