Words of the Inuit
Words of the Inuit Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. Inuit words are often more complex than English words and frequently contain small…
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Words of the Inuit
Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. Inuit words are often more complex than English words and frequently contain small units of meaning that add up to convey a larger sensibility. It brings the sum of the author's decades of experience and engagement with Inuit and Inuktitut to bear on what he fashions as an amiable, leisurely stroll through words and meanings.
An appendix on the polysynthetic character of Inuit languages includes more detailed grammatical description of interest to more specialist readers. Dorais' lexical and semantic analyses and reconstructions are not overly technical, yet they reliably evince connections and underlying significations that allow for an in-depth reflection on the richness of Inuit linguistic and cultural heritage and identity. Organized thematically, the book tours the histories and meanings
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