Words of the Inuit - A Semantic Stroll Through a Northern Culture

Words of the Inuit is an important compendium of Inuit culture illustrated through Inuit words. 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.

About the author

Louis-Jacques Dorais is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology, Université Laval. Since the mid-sixties, a period of time when he became fluent in Inuktitut, he has travelled almost yearly to Inuit communities in Canada, Alaska and Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), in order to conduct research and teach Inuit linguistics to local students.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Louis-Jacques Dorais
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780887559143
• ISBN: 978-0-88755-914-3
• No. of pages: 346
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 644 g
• Series: Contemporary Studies on the No; Contemporary Studies on the North
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore