Indigenous Peoples and Languages of Alaska: New Edition - Krauss, Michael; Holton, Gary; Kerr, Jim
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This exquisitely illustrated and extensive map charts the peoples and languages of Alaska natives. The author, who founded the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and directed it until 2000, was responsible for assembling the archive of Alaska Native language documentation and has for more than two decades worked to bring the world's attention to the enormity of the language endangerment crisis. A central contribution to the field of Alaska studies, Indigenous People and Languages of Alaska offers a unique geographic perspective and reflects the most up-to-date,…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This exquisitely illustrated and extensive map charts the peoples and languages of Alaska natives. The author, who founded the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and directed it until 2000, was responsible for assembling the archive of Alaska Native language documentation and has for more than two decades worked to bring the world's attention to the enormity of the language endangerment crisis. A central contribution to the field of Alaska studies, Indigenous People and Languages of Alaska offers a unique geographic perspective and reflects the most up-to-date, contemporary research. It will serve as an essential resource for Native and linguistic researchers.
Autorenporträt
Michael Krauss is professor emeritus of linguistics, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Gary Holton is the director of the Alaska Native Language Archive and a member of the advisory board of the Open Language Archives Community. Jim Kerr is a former systems analyst for the Institute of Social and Economic Research. Colin Thor West is assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.