SuitabookNative American languages
Bethanne Kelly Patrick
- Reading
- Read together as a springboard: invite the reader to notice which languages, regions and borrowed words are discussed, then look for questions the book leaves open.
- Themes
- Language diversity and communication: The book describes distinct languages among tribes and dialect differences among subsets of tribes, sometimes affecting communication. This is presented as informational coverage of language variation and its possible effect on communication; no wider judgement is established.
- Words entering English: The book discusses how some words from Native American languages have been incorporated into English. The topic is presented as linguistic information; the book’s perspective on this process is not otherwise established.
- Worth knowing
- The book’s examples, detail and broader framing of Native American communities are not clear.