"'Whaia Te Reo' [electronic resource] : Pursuing the Language": How Metaphors Describe Our Relationships with Indigenous Languages / Jeannette King.

This paper discusses the use of metaphors in describing relationships with indigenous languages, focusing on native and newly-fluent speakers of Maori in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Data come from interviews with male and female Maori speakers age 19-44 years who discussed their commitment to becoming flu...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	King, Jeannette
Corporate Author:	Northern Arizona University
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2003.
Subjects:	Foreign Countries. Indigenous Populations. Language Maintenance. Maori. Metaphors. Native Language Instruction. Native Speakers. Uncommonly Taught Languages.