A Language of Our Own

A Language of Our Own
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Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9780195097115
ISBN-13 : 0195097114
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Download or read book A Language of Our Own written by Peter Bakker and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Michif language - spoken by descendants of French Canadian fur traders and Cree Indians in western Canada - uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and has two sets of grammatical rules. Bakker uses historical research and fieldwork data to present an analysis of how it came into being.


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