Words and Culture

Love of Linguistics

CRFC-FCRC Season 8 Episode 5

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Bernie Francis is a linguist of the Mi'kmaq language. But what is a linguist exactly? Before we find out, Bernie takes a deep dive into how he used language to help the Mi’kmaw from going to jail because they didn’t know the colonizer’s language.

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