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An important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. The book 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.

Table of Contents
  • Introduction: Words from the Past, A Stroll Through Inuit Semantics
  • Chapter 1 Words for Speaking About the Environment and Land
  • Chapter 2 Words for Speaking About Animals and Subsistence Activities
  • Chapter 3 Words for Speaking About Humans and Animals
  • 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 WorldConclusion: Words for the Future

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        Publisher: MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press
        Publication Date: 9/30/2020 12:00:00 AM
        ISBN13: 9780887558627, 978-0887558627
        ISBN10: 0887558623

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        An important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. The book 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.

        Table of Contents
        • Introduction: Words from the Past, A Stroll Through Inuit Semantics
        • Chapter 1 Words for Speaking About the Environment and Land
        • Chapter 2 Words for Speaking About Animals and Subsistence Activities
        • Chapter 3 Words for Speaking About Humans and Animals
        • 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 WorldConclusion: Words for the Future

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