A Language of Our Own

The Genesis of Michif, the Mixed Cree-French Language of the Canadian Metis

By: Peter Bakker

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Hardcover | 7 March 2002

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The Michif language -- spoken by descendants of French Canadian fur traders and Cree Indians in western Canada -- is considered an "impossible language" since it uses French for nouns and Cree for verbs, and comprises two different sets of grammatical rules. Bakker uses historical research and fieldwork data to present the first detailed analysis of this language and how it came into being.

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"Bakker offers us here a thorough grammatical description of the hybrid Michif language, including a pointed discussion of the Ojibwe substratum in its Cree component. There are two well-organized indexes and a wealth of references and comparisons with other cases of linguistic mixtures worldwide."--Anthropological Linguistics "Bakker offers us here a thorough grammatical description of the hybrid Michif language, including a pointed discussion of the Ojibwe substratum in its Cree component. There are two well-organized indexes and a wealth of references and comparisons with other cases of linguistic mixtures worldwide."--Anthropological Linguistics

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Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics	p. ii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Remarks on Spelling	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 3
European-Amerindian Contact in the Fur Trade	p. 28
The Métis Nation	p. 52
Grammatical Sketch of Michif	p. 78
Variation in Michif	p. 118
Cree-French Language Mixture Types and Origin	p. 161
Ethnogenesis and Language Genesis a Model	p. 192
The Intertwining of French and Cree	p. 214
The Source Languages of Michif	p. 248
The Genesis of Michif	p. 277
Notes	p. 281
References	p. 287
Index of Languages, Personal Names, and Geographical Names	p. 305
Subject Index	p. 312
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A Language of Our Own

The Genesis of Michif, the Mixed Cree-French Language of the Canadian Metis

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