Native American Loanwords in American English.

Carney, Ginny

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ERIC Number: EJ545112

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Native American Loanwords in American English.

Carney, Ginny

WICAZO SA Review, v12 n1 p189-203 Spr 1997

Examines the history of White-Indian relationships in Latin America and North America and the corresponding fluctuations in loanword borrowing into English from Native American languages. Explores 20th-century attitudes toward Native Americans and the impact of these attitudes on borrowing today, particularly in Alaska where Natives are resisting acculturation. Contains many references. (LP)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Colonialism, English, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Language Maintenance, Language Usage, Latin Americans, Linguistic Borrowing, Racial Relations, Social Attitudes

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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