Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: social sciences, traditional knowledge, linguistics, language, Inuit
| Principal Investigator: | Dorais, Louis-Jacques (4) |
| Licence Number: | 12644 |
| Organization: | University of Laval and Arctic College, Iqaluit |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1994
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1994 |
| Project Team: | S. Sammons, S. Cloutier, and one Arctic College student or graduate |
Objective(s): To gather data on the languages used by various categories of Iqaluit and Lake Harbour residents in different speech circumstances; to elicit through interviews, the cultural meaning and the social weight given to the use of this or that particular language in this or that type of speech circumstance; and to describe the Inuktituk dialect(s) used by the Iqaluit residents.
Project Description: The research aims at understanding which language(s) are spoken by the Iqaluit and Lake Harbour residents in different circumstances of life: at school, at work, within their family, at the store, etc. The researchers also seek to understand how the use of a particular language when speaking to a particular person reflects cultural viewpoint. Also the researchers seek to understand how school children use their first and second language(s).
