Dorais, Louis-Jacques,  1945- <br/><br/>
The language of the Inuit :  syntax, semantics, and society in the Arctic / 
Louis-Jacques Dorais. 
 - Montreal ;  Ithaca :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  c2010. 
 - xii, 396 p. :  maps ;  24 cm. 
 - McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;  58 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773536463 0773536469 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010294950 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>20099042231 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Inuit--Languages.<br/>Inuit--Languages--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PM50  / .D669 2010