Tammy, an interesting fictional take on the role of women and language invention, maintenance, and transmission is Suzette Hayden Elgin's <u>Native Tongue</u>. <br> Also, Koasati, a Muskogean language, is thought to have gender differences (see Kimball, Haas) with some controversy regarding which is more conservative/correct/transmissable. A background assumption is that women as mothers support the development of both forms. <br>
Pat Kwachka<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Mark Sicoli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msicoli@alaska.edu" target="_blank">msicoli@alaska.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Tammy, <br><br>Take a look at Barbra Meek's book <i>We are our language: An ethnography of language revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan community. </i>Working with Kaska Athabaskans in the Yukon, she describes (in part) dialect features that are matrilineal with "correct" speech for one (male of female) being their mother's and grandmother's way of speaking.<br>
<br>All the best, <br>Mark<br><br>-- <br>Dr. Mark Sicoli<br>Assistant Professor<br>University of Alaska, Fairbanks<br><br>Department of Anthropology<br>310 Eielson Building<br>P.O. Box 757720<br>Fairbanks, AK 99775-7720<br>
U.S.A.<br>Phone: <a href="tel:%28907%29%20474-6884" value="+19074746884" target="_blank">(907) 474-6884</a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:%28907%29%20474-7453" value="+19074747453" target="_blank">(907) 474-7453</a><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Tammy DeCoteau <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tdc.aaia@verizon.net" target="_blank">tdc.aaia@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Does anyone know of any writing that talks about women being the keepers of the language and it being the mothers and grandmothers that pass language down? There is a mother's day event at which they are asking for our program to have a booth and I would like to create a handout and hope to quote something.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>Tammy DeCoteau<br>AAIA Native Language Program
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