Siberian Yupik Names for Birds: What Can Bird Names Tell Us about Language and Knowledge Transitions?

Alternate Title
Les désignations des oiseaux en yupik sibérien : Que peuvent nous dire les noms d’oiseaux sur les transitions linguistiques et cognitives ?
Author examines recorded names for birds in the language of the Yupik; finds a strong correlation between the imposition of Russian language and schooling and the loss of Yupik bird names and the traditional knowledge contained therein.
Author/Creator
Igor Krupnik
Open Access
No
Primary Source
No
Citation
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 41, no. 1-2, 2017, pp. 179-213
Publication Date
2017
Subjects
Indigenous Knowledge » Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering
Community » Identity
Education » Assimilation
Indigenous Knowledge » Protection
Education » Oral Tradition
Science & Technology » Fish & Wildlife
Location
Russia » Chukotka
Resource Type
Articles -- Scholarly, peer reviewed
Format
Text -- PDF
Text -- HTML
Language
English
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