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Publication details [#28680]

Reuse, Willem J. de. 1994. English loanwords in the native languages of the Chukotka peninsula. Anthropological Linguistics 36 (1) : 56–68.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical explanation | language change | language contact | loanword | native speaker

Language as a subject

Chukchi | English | Eskimo

Place, Publisher

Indiana University

ISBN

0003-5483

Annotation

This paper deals with the history of 19th century contacts between English-speaking crews of whaling ships and the inhabitants of the Chukotka Peninsula coast in Russia, which led to English loanwords in Chukchi and Eskimo languages.