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Ulukhaktok
Our ways
What is text?
[
[Text]
] refers to any
y
chunk of meaning that can
be shared with othersa
novel a piece of art
novel,
art, a
play, a dance, a song, a
mathematical equation
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Kauffman
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h 2000)
constellations
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y Ulinniq tides
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animals
Iniit trails
Qimukyuit snowdrifts
Nautiat plants
Numiutit dances
dances
Annuraat clothing
Pihiit songs
Atiit names
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g
games
Inukhuit markers
Titirauyaangniq drawing
Kiinnap itdjuhiit facial expressions
Unipkaat stories
Skilled
practices
Learned through experience
Knowledge
g and skills combined
Pattern-based
Multi-modal
Multi
modal
Embedded within the
world
Context DEPENDENT
Ulukhaktok
Alphabetic&printbased
Patternbased
Linguisticormeaning
based
Multimodal
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it
knowledge
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P
ti
th t
t
knowledge
Pointstothetext
Pointstotheworld
Contextfree
Contextdependent
Individual
Relational
Novices learn
language from skilled
practitioners
They practise in a
supportive
environment
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d the
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