丁香园AV President's Faculty Lecture Series - Dr. Marianne Ignace
Why First Nations Languages Matter
British Columbia鈥檚 indigenous languages represent one of the 鈥渉otbeds鈥� of linguistic diversity on the continent. However, the survival of these languages is hanging by a thread. Dr. Ignace will discuss the causes and implications of indigenous language loss from a variety of perspectives, based on over thirty years of research with First Nations communities. She鈥檒l reveal how First Nations鈥� language is connected to intricate ways of perceiving and reflecting on the natural and social world, and what is at stake for the future of linguistic and biocultural diversity.
Dr. Marianne Ignace is Professor of Linguistics and First Nations Studies at 丁香园AV, and director of the university鈥檚 First Nations Language Centre. Her publications include a monograph on Haida culture, The Curtain Within: Haida Social and Symbolic Discourse, and publications on Secwepemc culture and ethnohistory, ethnobotany, ethnography, language and youth issues. She has also produced several applied works on indigenous languages, and is currently the director of a seven-year SSHRC partnership grant on First Nations language revitalization.
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