TY - BOOK AU - Dorais,Louis-Jacques TI - The language of the Inuit: syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic T2 - McGill-Queen's native and northern series SN - 9780773536463 AV - PM50 .D669 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Montreal, Ithaca PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Inuit KW - Languages KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- The Eskaleut family of languages -- The Inuit language -- The Nunavik Dialect of Inukitut -- The prehistory of the Inuit language -- Historical sources and linguistic change -- Semantics, neology, and oral change -- Literacy and formal education -- Language contact and bilingualism -- The current status of the Inuit Language -- Conclusion : language and identity in the arctic -- Appendices. The possessive noun declension (Nunavik Inuktitut) ; The grammatical endings of verbs (Nunavik Inuktitut) ; Categories of lexical affixes with Nunavik Inuktitut examples ; Inuit first and home languages in Inuit nunaat (Canada) in 2006 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010294950-d.html ER -