Respecting the Language of Elders: Ideological Shift and Linguistic Discontinuity in a Northern Athapascan Community

Respecting the Language of Elders: Ideological Shift and Linguistic Discontinuity in a Northern Athapascan Community. Meek, B. A Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 17(1):23–43, 2007.

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This article examines an ideological shift related to and affecting language shift, focusing especially on children's experiences. I show that while elders retained their status as intel- lectual authorities responsible for passing their knowledge on to younger community mem- bers, their knowledge became limited to practices conceptualized as “traditionally Kaska,” of which language was an integral part. As a result, the acquisition of Kaska became sub- ject to the same social practices that organized other forms of “traditional indigenous” or specialized knowledge such that speaking Kaska became the domain of elders. Children's and youth's commentary and practices articulated and solidified this ideological transformation

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	abstract = {This article examines an ideological shift related to and affecting language shift, focusing especially on children's experiences. I show that while elders retained their status as intel- lectual authorities responsible for passing their knowledge on to younger community mem- bers, their knowledge became limited to practices conceptualized as “traditionally Kaska,” of which language was an integral part. As a result, the acquisition of Kaska became sub- ject to the same social practices that organized other forms of “traditional indigenous” or specialized knowledge such that speaking Kaska became the domain of elders. Children's and youth's commentary and practices articulated and solidified this ideological transformation},
	number = {1},
	journal = {Journal of Linguistic Anthropology},
	author = {Meek, Barbra A},
	year = {2007},
	keywords = {American Indians, North America, age, revitalization, socialization},
	pages = {23--43},
}

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