Dictionary
New language dictionary helps preserve the richness of Inuit dialect
The first dictionary to document this dialect was recently published by Nunavut Arctic College and is entitled Utkuhiksalingmiut Uqauhiitigut: Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Postbase Suffixes. The 700-plus page book, which was recently #Paul Crowley, chair of Hood River Rotary Club's dictionary program, handed out dictionaries to fourth and fifth graders in Jared Nagreen's classroom, as … Read more
'Merv the Swerve' makes national biography dictionary
The first dictionary to document this dialect was recently published by Nunavut Arctic College and is entitled Utkuhiksalingmiut Uqauhiitigut: Dictionary of Utkuhiksalingmiut Inuktitut Postbase Suffixes. The 700-plus page book, which was recently #Paul Crowley, chair of Hood River Rotary Club's dictionary program, handed out dictionaries to fourth and fifth graders in Jared Nagreen's classroom, as … Read more
Dictionary drive aims to help Syrian refugees picture new life in Toronto
Those heavy tomes with their columns of spellings, definitions, etymologies and, if you are lucky, a little picture to go with it. Okay, so maybe dictionaries aren't everyone's idea of a good read, but some of them can be quite interesting "Our data indicated a growing interest in words related to identity, as people encountered … Read more