Alana Johns
Department of Linguistics
University of Toronto
Canada
Biography
Field Methods (2007): Cape Dorset dialect. Revitalizing Languages (2008): Raising bilingual children. Revitalizing Languages (2012): Ojibwe Stories project. Also, check out this newsitem from the U of T ArtSci website. Field Methods (2007): Cape Dorset dialect. Revitalizing Languages (2008): Raising bilingual children. Revitalizing Languages (2012): Ojibwe Stories project. Also, check out this newsitem from the U of T ArtSci website.
Research Interest
Inuktitut Project: Provides Inuktitut language teaching materials and includes information on the syllabary and the language. It also hosts the Labrador Inuttitut Community Grammar webpage. The Utkuhiksalingmiutut Dictionary Project: A postbase dictionary of the Utkuiksalingmiutut dialect of Inuktitut, once spoken in the Utkuhiksalik area of Nunavut, and now spoken mainly by elders in Uqsuqtuuq (Gjoa Haven) and Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake). To be published by Nunavut Arctic College. This project is based on the lifetime work of anthropologist Jean Briggs (Memorial University).
