Academic Papers

• • • A Description of Preverb and Particle Usage in Innu-aimun Narrative
      Jane Bannister (M.A. thesis)

   

• The Translation of Montagnais Ecological Knowledge in Antoine Silvy’s Dictionnaire montagnais-français
  John Bishop (M.A. thesis)
  • • • • M.A. Thesis
        • Appendices 1 – 6
        • Appendices 7 – 11

   

• Two Valency-Increasing Processes In Sheshatshit Innu-aimun: Applicative and Causative Formation
  Julie Brittain (M.A. thesis, posted in chapters)
  • • • • Title Page and Table of Contents
        • Chapter 1: Introduction
        • Chapter 2: Some Theoretical Considerations and Innu-aimun Grammar
        • Chapter 3: Applicative Constructions Derived From Transitive Inanimate Verbs
        • Chapter 4: The Applicative Construction Derived From Pseudo-Transitive Verbs and Cognate-Object Transitive Verbs
        • Chapter 5: The Theoretical Considerations of Valency Increase
        • Chapter 6: Concluding Remarks
        • Bibliography

   

• Reduplication and Initial Change in Sheshatshiu Innu-Aimun
  Janet Burgess
  • • • • Abstract, Acknowldgements, and Table of Contents
        • Thesis
        • Appenedix III

   

• Linguistic & Cultural Evolution in an Unyielding Environment
  Barbara Burnaby

Published in Cultural Diversity and Education: Interface Issues, edited by David F. Philpott, Wayne C. Nesbit, Mildred F. Cahill and Gary H. Jeffery, St. John’s, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004.
Reproduced with permission of Barbara Burnaby and the editors of the book.

• North-West River (Sheshâtshît) Montagnais: A Grammatical Sketch
  Sandra Clarke

Publication entitled North-West River (Sheshatshit) Montagnais: A Grammatical Sketch, by Sandra Clarke, Ottawa, National Museums of Canada, National Museum of Man, Mercury Series, Canadian Ethnology Service Paper No. 80, 1982, 185 pages.Reproduced with permission of Sandra Clarke and the Canadian Museum of Civilization ©

 

• • Obviation In Two Innu-aimun Atanukana
    Laurel Anne Hasler (M.A. thesis)

 

• The Language of the Montagnais and Naskapi in Labrador
  Marguerite MacKenzie

In Harold Paddock. (ed.), Languages of Newfoundland and Labrador, 233-278. St. John’s, NL: Department of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland. (posted in chapters)

• • • • Chapter 1: Introduction
      • Chapter 2: Some Grammatical Features of Montagnais and Naskapi
      • Chapter 3: Dialect Differences
      • Chapter 4: Language and Education

 

• Towards a Dialectology of Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
  Marguerite MacKenzie (PhD thesis)
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    • Culture, Politics, and School Control in Sheshatshit
      Hedda Schuurman (M.A. thesis, posted in chapters)
  • • • • Abstract, Acknowledgements, List of Figures, Contents and Maps
        • Chapter 1: Introduction
        • Chapter 2: The Past: In the Time Before Community
        • Chapter 3: The Present
        • Chapter 4: Innu Nationalism: The Past in Pursuit of the Future
        • Chapter 5: What is the Problem With the School?
        • Chapter 6: School Control: A Means for Cultural Continuity
        • Chapter 7: The Country/Community Dialectic
        • Chapter 8: Bibliography and Appendices

         

    • Phonological Sketch of Mushuau Innu (Davis Inlet Naskapi)
      Mark Scott (M.A. thesis)

   

  • Language Attitudes and Use in the Innu Community of Sheshatshiu, Labrador
    Jennifer Thorburn (M.A. thesis)