Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction - Socialization, Self and Syncretism in a Papua New Guinean Village

Klappentext This book is an anthropological study of language and cultural change among the people of Gapun! a small community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Zusammenfassung This book! first published in 1992! is an anthropological study of language and cultural change among the people of Gapun! a small community in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Papua New Guinea and the study of language shift; 1. Villagers and their village; 2. Language and talk in the village; 3. Having 'hed'; 4. Showing 'save'; 5. Preparing the change; 6. Becoming monolingual; 7. Contextualizing the self; Conclusion: the process of language shift; Appendix: On being a ghost.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kulick Don, Don Kulick, Don (Professor Kulick
• Con la collaborazione di: Judith Irvine (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 24.04.1997
• EAN: 9780521599269
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59926-9
• Pagine: 336
• Serie: Studies in the Social & Cultur
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata