Words of the Inuit: A Semantic Stroll through a Northern Culture
by Louis-Jacques Dorais
University of Manitoba Press, 2020
Cloth: 978-0-88755-914-3 | Paper: 978-0-88755-862-7 | eISBN: 978-0-88755-863-4 (epub) | eISBN: 978-0-88755-864-1 (PDF)
Library of Congress Classification E99.E7D67 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 306.44297120719
TOC
Cover
Contents
Preface by Lisa Koperqualuk
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Words from the Past: A Stroll Through Inuit Semantics
Chapter 1: Words for Speaking About the Environment and the Land
Chapter 2: Words for Speaking About Animals and Subsistence Activities
Chapter 3: Words for Speaking About Humans and Spirits
Chapter 4: Words for Speaking About Family, Kinship, and Naming
Chapter 5: Words for Speaking About the Human Body
Chapter 6: Words for Socializing in the Contemporary World
Conclusion: Words for the Future
Appendix: Polysunthesis: A Big Word for Something Fairly Simple
Notes
Glossary of Inuit Words
References
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