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ERIC Number: EJ549633
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1042-3265
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An Interview with Dr. Robert W. Young.
Silentman, Irene
Journal of Navajo Education, v13 n2 p14-20 Win 1996
Dr. Robert W. Young discusses what led him to work in the Navajo Nation and to begin studying Navajo, the method he used for developing a Navajo orthography, his professional relationship with Dr. William Morgan, the system they used to develop an English-Navajo dictionary, his views on language loss, and his greatest accomplishment--a reservation statistical yearbook. (LP)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Dictionaries, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Indian Relationship, Interviews, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Language Standardization, Navajo, Navajo (Nation), Spelling
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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