Ka ngaro te reo : Māori language under siege in the nineteenth century
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Moon Paul ;
- Editeurs : Dunedin, New Zealand Otago University Press ;
- Date d'édition : 2016
- ISBN : 978-1-927322-41-3, 1-927322-41-3
- Sujets : Maori des îles Cook (langue) -- Histoire -- Nouvelle-Zélande 19e siècle, Perte de la langue, Préservation des langues, New Zealand
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (335 p.), : Couv. ill. en coul., 23 cm
- Pays de publication : Nouvelle-Zélande
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 285-322. Index
Résumé
'In 1800, te reo Māori was the only language spoken in New Zealand. By 1899, it was on the verge of disappearing altogether. In 'Ka ngaro te reo', Paul Moon traces the spiralling decline of the language during an era of prolonged colonisation that saw political, economic, cultural and linguistic power shifting steadily into the hands of the European core. In this revelatory and hard-hitting account, Moon draws on a vast range of published and archival material, as well as oral histories and contemporary Māori accounts, to chart the tortuous journey of a language under seige in a relentless European campaign to 'save the Māori Race'. He also chronicles the growing committment among many Māori towards the end of the nineteenth century to ensure that the language would survive' -- Back cover