Jenanne Ferguson

Words Like Birds

Sakha Language Discourses and Practices in the City

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jenanne Ferguson is an assistant professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Nevada–Reno. ¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9781496208880
• ISBN-10: 1496208889
• Artikelnr.: 52422567

Autorenporträt

Jenanne Ferguson is an assistant professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Nevada–Reno.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of
Illustrations                                                                                                     
Notes on Transcription and
Transliteration                                                               
Acknowledgments                                                                                                     
Introduction: A Short History of Sakha
                                                                                
1. We Have Always Been Adaptable: Frameworks for Sakha Language
Vitality                
2. Sakha under the Tsars and Beyond: Language Policies and Communicative
Norms       
3. Like Sweet Cream and Lingonberries: Language, Spirits, and
Sustenance                      
4. One Drop Traveling along a Great Artery: Moving the Ulus to the
City                         
5. Sakhalyy in the City: Language Mixing and Indexing
Authenticity                                 
6. Acquiring Russian, Maintaining Sakha: Language Choices and Life
Trajectories           
7. Ohuokhaj in Lenin Square, Hip Hop in Virtual Tühulgeter: Adapting New
Spaces for Sakha    
Conclusion: Words Like
Birds                                                                                              
Notes                                                                                                                          
References                                                                                                                 
Index