Young People's Dyirbal: An Example of Language Death from Australia - Couverture rigide

Schmidt, Annette

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521305101 ISBN 13 : 9780521305105

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

In this impressive empirical survey, Annette Schmidt analyses the changes that have taken place in the Dyirbal spoken by the last generation of its speakers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1972 when R. M. W. Dixon's classic grammar, The Dyirbal Language of North Queensland, was published, under thirty speakers of the 'traditional' language remained. Now only some of their children and grandchildren use the language; these younger people speak a simplified version. In this impressive empirical survey, Annette Schmidt analyses the changes that have taken place in the Dyirbal spoken by that last generation of its speakers at the levels of phonology, morphology, syntax, the lexicon and semantics. She also provides a detailed account of the socio-linguistic setting of the community and the attitudes towards Dyirbal among younger speakers, their elders and English speakers.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521305101
• ISBN 13: 9780521305105
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 266
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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