Scripted urbanity in the Canadian north

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-100

  Daveluy, Michelle ^a   Ferguson, Jenann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Inuit; Circumpolar world; Language politics; Multilingualism; Writing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649107218     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2009.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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