Language, Identity, And Marginality In Indonesia: The Changing Nature Of Ritual Speech On The Island Of Sumba - 9780521624954

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.

• | By (Author): Joel C. (George Washington University, Washington DC) Kuipers
• | Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 10, 1998
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 204 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780521624954