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Searching for Lost City: On the Trail of America's Native Languages: What do we lose when a language disappears? Today, more languages than ever before are endangered. Choctaw, Creek, Comanche, and Ponca are just a few of the more than one hundred Native American languages quickly moving towards extinction.
The question of what is lost – after all, speakers themselves ofte4n wonder whether it's worth the trouble of keeping their dialect alive – sparked the interest of Elizabeth Seay, an editor and writer for The Wall Street Journal. In Searching for Lost City, she finds herself in her home state of Oklahoma, researching what is left of tribal languages and the customs that surround them. Seay meets Toby Hughes, who weaves spells; Charles Chibitty, the last Comanche code talker; Sadie Parnell, whose Cherokee language was literally taken from her; and Brian and Quese Frejo, brothers who use Native words in their hip-hop lyrics.
The “lost city” of Ross Mountain seems elusive, however. In this enclave in the Ozark Mountains, ninety percent of inhabitants speak a version of Cherokee as their first language. The place becomes a metaphor for language itself, and it takes a fascination turn of events for Seay to discover what, for her, is the “value” of language. Her deeply felt narrative opens a window onto the quirks and intricacies of speech, offering a glimpse into the last days of a vanishing culture and leaving readers with new ways to look at the world.
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| Weight: | 0.56 kg |
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CDN$ 37.95 (US$ 36.93) |
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| ISBN-10: | 1592281958 |
| ISBN-13/EAN: | 9781592281954 |
| Author: | Seay, Elizabeth |
| Publisher: | The Lyons Press
Guilford, Connecticut |
| Publication Date: | 11/2003 |
| Pages: | 272 pages |
| Size/Dimensions: | 1.0 x 6.0 x 9.0 inches |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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