First Nations Languages in Canada: Strategies for Revitalization

dc.contributor.advisor	Geenen, J.G.
dc.contributor.advisor	Valenta, M.G.
dc.contributor.author	Pas, A.R van der
dc.date.issued	2017-06-15
dc.description.abstract	All but three of the approximately 60 Indigenous languages still spoken in Canada are under threat of extinction. This is due to the European colonists’ displacement of Indigenous communities, later continued by Canadian governmental policies of cultural genocide. In order for these languages to be saved from extinction, they must be revitalized. Many theoretical and practical works on language revitalization have been produced, but conclusions of case study research have largely been community-specific. In this research, a number of case studies of revitalization projects which are similar in setting to the Canadian situation are reviewed and overarching themes which were key to the projects’ outcomes are identified. A number of strategies are proposed which implement these themes in a revitalization approach for the Canadian Indigenous context.	en_US
dc.file.source	598da6197f1c9-Vanderpas_Bachelor-Thesis.pdf	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/4710
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Amerikanistiek	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Bachelor Engelse taal en cultuur	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Bachelor	en_US
dc.title	First Nations Languages in Canada: Strategies for Revitalization	en_US

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