Quebec's Aboriginal Languages

History, Planning and Development

Edited by Dr. Jacques Maurais

Publication date:

22 November 1996

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

210x148mm
6x8"

ISBN-13: 9781853593611

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

This volume is the most complete of any published concerning the nine native languages of Quebec: Abenaki, Algonquin, Atikamekw, Cree, Inuktitut, Micmac, Mohawk, Montagnais and Naskapi.

William F. Mackey: Preface to the English Edition
1. Jacques Maurais: The Situation of Aboriginal Languages in the Americas
2. Louis-Jacques Dorais: The Aboriginal Languages of Quebec, Past and Present
3. Francois Trudel: Aboriginal Language Policies of the Canadian and Quebec Governments
4. Lynn Drapeau: The State of the Art in Linguistic Research, Standardisation and Modernisation in Quebec Aboriginal Languages
5. Ronald Lowe: Grammatical Sketches
6. The Future of Aboriginal Languages
A The Future of Algonquin
Molly Kistabish
B The Future of Atikamekw
Marthe Coocoo
C The Future of the Cree Language
James Babbish
D Is There a Future for the Huron Language?
Linda Sioui
E The Future of Inuktitut
Taamusi Qumaq
F Will the Micmac Language Survive?
Romeo Labillois
G The Future of Mohawk
Myra Cree
H The Future of the Montagnais Language
Marcelline Picard-Canape
I The Current State and the Future of the Naskapi Language
Agnes Mackenzie and Bill Jancewitz
7. Lynn Drapeau and Jean-Claude Corbeil: The Aboriginal Languages in the Perspective of Language Planning