English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English Vocabularies: Special Insight into Late 19th Century Alaskan Eskimos
English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English Vocabularies: Special Insight into Late 19th Century Alaskan Eskimos
Author(s): Renata ŠamoSubject(s): Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, 19th Century, Translation Studies
Published by: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku
Keywords: Eskimo-Aleut or Inuit-Yupik-Unangan language family; Eskaleut languages; Alaska; ethnographical insight; English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English entries;
Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on the English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English Vocabularies, published by the Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. in 1890, which appeared with the general aim to motivate a wider range of people to learn about the Arctic Eskimos and make communication with them easier, but it was initially designed as a handbook for Alaskan school teachers. Although the publication can be approached from different perspectives, allowing many interpretations, the current author emphasizes the crucial circumstances under which it was produced, simultaneously drawing special attention to the existence of Eskaleut languages.
Journal: Narodna umjetnost - Hrvatski časopis za etnologiju i folkloristiku
- Issue Year: 60/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 129-145
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English