Words Like Birds - Jenanne Ferguson

List of Illustrations?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Notes on Transcription and Transliteration???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Acknowledgments?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Introduction: A Short History of Sakha ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????1. We Have Always Been Adaptable: Frameworks for Sakha Language Vitality????????????????2. Sakha under the Tsars and Beyond: Language Policies and Communicative Norms???????3. Like Sweet Cream and Lingonberries: Language, Spirits, and Sustenance??????????????????????4. One Drop Traveling along a Great Artery: Moving the Ulus to the City?????????????????????????5. Sakhalyy in the City: Language Mixing and Indexing Authenticity?????????????????????????????????6. Acquiring Russian, Maintaining Sakha: Language Choices and Life Trajectories???????????7. Ohuokhaj in Lenin Square, Hip Hop in Virtual T?hulgeter: Adapting New Spaces for Sakha????Conclusion: Words Like Birds??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Notes??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????References?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Index