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ERIC Number: EJ545112
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0749-6427
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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)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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