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Author Kulick, Don.

Title Language shift and cultural reproduction : socialization, self, and syncretism in a Papua New Guinean village / Don Kulick
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992

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Description xvi, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Series Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 14
Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 14
Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 14
Studies in the social and cultural foundations of language ; no. 14
Contents Machine derived contents note: 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. Cotextualizing the self -- Conclusion: the process of language shift -- Appendix: On being a ghost
Summary Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction is a fascinating anthropological study of language and cultural change among a small group of people living in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Don Kulick examines why the villagers of Gapun--a rural and relatively isolated community--are abandoning their vernacular in favor of Tok Pisin, the most widely spoken language in Papua New Guinea, despite their attachment to their own language as a source of identity and as a tie to their lands. He draws on an examination of village language socialization practices and on Marshall Sahlins' ideas about structure and event to demonstrate how the villagers' day-to-day interactions, their attitudes toward language, children, change, and personhood, all contribute to a shift in language and culture that is beyond their understanding and control. The first detailed documentation of such a process, Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction places linguistic change within an interpretive framework and treats language as a symbolic system that affects, and is affected by, the thoughts and actions of everyday life
Analysis Culture Related to Language
Papua New Guinea
Notes Bibliography: p303-313. - Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-313) and index
Notes Legacy 2018 UoY
Subject Ethnology -- Gapun, Papua New Guinea
Code switching (Linguistics) -- Gapun, Papua New Guinea
Language and culture -- Gapun, Papua New Guinea
Social change -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
Social change.
Tok Pisin language -- Grammar
Tok Pisin language -- Morphology
Linguistic change.
Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
Language and culture -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
Code switching (Linguistics) -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
Code switching (Linguistics)
Ethnology.
Language and culture.
Manners and customs.
Social change.
Langage et culture -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guin'ee.
Tok Pisin (langue) -- Grammaire.
Changement linguistique.
Changement social.
Changement de code (linguistique) -- Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guin'ee.
Linguistic change.
Tok Pisin language -- Grammar.
Tok Pisin language -- Morphology.
SUBJECT Gapun, Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs
Gapun (Papua New Guinea) -- Social life and customs
Subject Papua New Guinea -- Gapun.
LC no. 91031919
ISBN 0521414849 (hardback)
0521599261