"An accessible, linguistics-focused account of language teaching, learning, and change in a Native American community"--Provided by publisher
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-296) and index
Introduction. An ethnography of language shift among the Northern Arapaho -- 1. Northern Arapaho history and communities of practice -- 2. Cultural metaphors and the indigenous discourse of language endangerment -- 3. Ethnogeography through time: names and power in the landscape -- 4. Personal names and naming -- 5. Folk etymology and language purism -- 6. Neologisms and the politics of language maintenance -- Conclusion. Communities of practice: a linguistic summary
