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A Sociolinguistic Study Of Crow Language Maintenance, John Arthur Stanley Read

Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies ETDs

The purpose of the study was to investigate the way in which the Crow Tribe of Indians in southeastern Montana have maintained the use of their language, rather than shifting mainly or entirely to the use of English.

First it was necessary to document the present level and scope of Crow language maintenance. To this end, two sociolinguistic surveys were undertaken. One comprised an interview schedule administered to an 18 per cent sample of Crow family heads. The respondents were asked to report on their relative use of Crow and English in various situa­tions, their preferences in language choice, their …