šawaš IlI?i-šawaš wawa -- 'Indian country--Indian language' : A Participant Observation Case Study of Language Planning by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon

Davis, Gregry Michael

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“…According to Davis (1998) in his Master's thesis on the CTGR community and Chinuk Wawa, if the Grand Ronde community were to learn Chinuk Wawa:…”

Section: Native American Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivation in the Portland Chinuk Wawa language community

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2000

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Throughout the world, languages are becoming extinct at an alarming rate. Perhaps half of the 6,000-7,000 languages worldwide will go extinct in the next 50-100 years. One of these dying languages, Chinook Jargon or Chinuk Wawa, a language found in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, is in the process of being revitalized through the concerted efforts of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde (CTGR). Reasons to revitalize endangered languages often seem irrelevant to our modern daily lives, and revitalizing these languages is a difficult process requiring much dedication, commitment, and persistence. In light of this significant struggle, understanding people's motivations could contribute to a better understanding of how to involve more people in language revitalization. Ideally, such an understanding would contribute to strengthening a community's efforts to revitalize their language. This exploratory, ethnographic case study explores the motivations of eight participants in the Portland Chinuk Wawa language community involved in revitalizing Chinuk Wawa over a nine-month period in 2011. The results of the study showed that seven major themes of motivation were prevalent for the participants: connections made through Chinuk Wawa, preservation of Chinuk Wawa, relationships, instrumental motivation, affective motivation, identity motivation, and demotivation. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank the Portland Chinuk Wawa language community who welcomed me and many others with generosity and warmth. This study is the result of many people's support and encouragement. I am grateful to all of the participants, who willingly shared their experiences of learning and speaking Chinuk Wawa. I thank the Grand Ronde community for their permission to conduct this study and their enthusiasm regarding this project. Finally, I am grateful for my thesis chair, Nariyo Kono, for her continued patience and insight into this research.

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“…According to Davis (1998) in his Master's thesis on the CTGR community and Chinuk Wawa, if the Grand Ronde community were to learn Chinuk Wawa:…”

Section: Native American Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Motivation in the Portland Chinuk Wawa language community

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2000

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šawaš IlI?i-šawaš wawa -- 'Indian country--Indian language' : A Participant Observation Case Study of Language Planning by the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon

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Motivation in the Portland Chinuk Wawa language community

Motivation in the Portland Chinuk Wawa language community

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