Kuiggluk speech community
Title:
Kuiggluk speech community
JLCTITLE245:
by Barbara Amos-Andrew.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
2010.
Physical Description:
ix, 88 leaves ; 28 cm
General Note:
"May 2010."
Dissertaton Note:
M. Ed. University of Alaska Fairbanks 2010
Abstract:
"This thesis explores language shift in the Kuiggluk speech community through interviews, observation, and surveys. Kuiggluk is a Yup'ik community in southwestern Alaska that is undergoing language shift from the indigenous language, Yugtun, to English. The interviews examine four mothers and their daughters' speech patterns and their schooling and cultural history. The observations reflect the four girls' speech patterns and their daily conversations. The surveys examine the Kuiggluk youth's speech patterns and goals for Yugtun more broadly"--Leaf iii.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-82).
Additional Physical Form Available:
Online version available via The University of Alaska Fairbanks https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/handle/11122/8552
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Research question and rationale -- This who I am -- Feelings as a researcher -- Overview of the thesis -- 2. Literature review -- Defining language shift -- Explaining language shift -- Language, culture and identity -- Language use -- Language of elders -- Language and the future -- Language use and shame -- Language labeling -- Language revitalization movements -- 3. Methodology -- Theoretical framework -- Observations -- Interviews -- Surveys -- Setting -- Participants -- 4. Data analysis -- Mothers' stories -- Mothers' viewpoints on raising kids -- Girls' point of view -- What I observed -- What the surveys show -- Who do they speak which language to, and why? -- Why is Yugtun important? -- Why is English important? -- Which language will they speak to their children? -- Will their Yugtun get better? -- Summary -- 5. Conclusions and implications -- Summary of findings -- Where do we go from here? -- References -- Appendices.