Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia: The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba - Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language - Kuipers, Joel C. (George Washington University, Washington DC) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521624084 - September 10, 1998
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Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia: The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba - Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language

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The spread of the national language in Indonesia has threatened local languages. On Sumba a tradition of ritual poetic speech has waned, although new hybrid forms of poetic expression are emerging. Political coercion is a partial explanation, but so is the role of linguistic ideologies.


203 pages, 19 b/w illus. 3 maps

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Released September 10, 1998
ISBN13 9780521624084
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 204
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 16 mm   ·   471 g
Language English  

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