women as keepers of the language

[Patricia Kwachka]

Tammy, an interesting fictional take on the role of women and language
invention, maintenance, and transmission is Suzette Hayden Elgin's *Native
Tongue*.
   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.
  Pat Kwachka

On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Mark Sicoli <msicoli at alaska.edu> wrote:

> Hi Tammy,
>
> Take a look at Barbra Meek's book *We are our language: An ethnography of
> language revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan community.    *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.
>
> All the best,
> Mark
>
> --
> Dr. Mark Sicoli
> Assistant Professor
> University of Alaska, Fairbanks
>
> Department of Anthropology
> 310 Eielson Building
> P.O. Box 757720
> Fairbanks, AK  99775-7720
> U.S.A.
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> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Tammy DeCoteau <tdc.aaia at verizon.net>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> Tammy DeCoteau
>> AAIA Native Language Program
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