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Social Science Native American Studies

The context of the informant narrative performance

From sociolinguistics to ethnolinguistics at Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

by (author) Ronald Scollon

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 1979
Category
Native American Studies
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772822144
    Publish Date
    Jan 1979
    List Price
    $7.99

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An examination of the relationship between narrative structure and narrative performance in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta.

About the author

Ron Scollon (1939-2009) spent his early years as a linguist at the Alaska Native Language Center, where he contributed to the documentation of several Athabascan languages. Scollon received training in Athabascan linguistics from renowned Athabaskanist Li Fang-Kuei, himself a student of Edward Sapir. He went on to become a preeminent linguist in the field of discourse analysis and intercultural communication, serving for many years as Professor of Linguistics at Georgetown University.

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