Principal Investigator:Manga, Louise Licensed Year(s):1994
1993
1992 Summary:
The researcher will be continuing her study on the language of Inuktitut in young Inuit children....
Principal Investigator:Moss, Siobhan Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The researcher will examine the influences of first language characteristics on a second language and see whether the acquisition of English as a second language progresses in the same manner as acquisition of English as a first language....
Principal Investigator:Nowak, Elke Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The Researcher will conduct purely grammatical research by gathering information on the social and political situation of Inuktitut: what changes and/or developments have taken place during the last four years? What is the situation in schools like, what kind of teaching material is available? What is the attitude of young people (under 30 years) toward the language?...
Principal Investigator:Berge, Anna Licensed Year(s):
1992
1991 Summary:
The Researcher will use informants to collect data on Inuktitut language. The data will be used for the completion of the material for the Inuktitut syntax course and as the basis of the analysis of Inuktitut sentence structure and the development of syntactic theory....
Principal Investigator:Pater, Joseph Licensed Year(s):
1991
Summary:
The Researcher will investigate how the cultural background of Native speakers of Inuktitut influences their use of the English language....
Principal Investigator:Ireland, Jeanette Licensed Year(s):
1990
19891988 Summary:
Jeanette Ireland will continue collecting oral Inuit stories from elders of various eastern Arctic communities and written Inuit textbooks. The researcher hopes to improve approaches to the study of Inuktitut texts, oral and written, as literature representative of Inuit perceptions of world issues and social interaction....
Principal Investigator:Tigullaraq, Elijah Licensed Year(s):
1989
Summary:
Elijah Tigullaraq and Ooloota Maatiusi will be interviewing children in Igloolik aged 2 to 5 to study Inuktitut morphemes. They will read wordless story books to the children and will get them to tell the story again in their own words. They will also have the children draw pictures and talk about their drawings. All conversations will be in Inuktitut. All parents will be given a consent form to ...
Principal Investigator:Randa, Vladimir Licensed Year(s):19921990
1988
Summary:
Mr. Randa is returning from France to collect more information on the Inuktitut words for different animals around Igloolik. He will also be asking hunters and trappers how they recognize different animals and what they know about the lives of these animals....
Principal Investigator:Lipscomb, David Licensed Year(s):
1988
Summary:
Mr. Lipscomb has been collecting information on the Inuktitut dialect spoken in north Baffin from various books. Since the books do not always agree, he wants to talk with someone to find out how the language is now spoken. He is comparing the variation in word structure of the north Baffin dialect with the variation in word structure seen among all the Inuktitut dialects....
Principal Investigator:Harnum, Betty Licensed Year(s):
1987
Summary:
To complete a study of Inuktitut in the Eastern Arctic and Keewatin with respect to how the language is currently changing. Interviews will be conducted with the informed consent of various community agencies and individuals regarding the development of new words which explains new items and ideas as well as changes in the sounds and sentence structure. Influences from other languages will be ex...