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Publication details [#30327]

Perdue, Theda. 1994. The Sequoyah syllabary and cultural revitalization. In Kwachka, Patricia B., ed. Perspectives on the Southeast: Linguistics, archeology, and ethnohistory. (Southern Anthropological Association Proceedings 27). University of Georgia Press. pp. 116–125.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language and culture | language status | language use | mystical language

Language as a subject

Annotation

This paper deals with the rapid adoption of the Sequoyah syllabary by the Cherokee, attributed to its mystical and spiritual appeal.