Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia
Joel C. (George Washington University, Washington DC) Kuipers
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521624954
- ISBN-10
- 0521624959
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Publication date
- 1998-09-10
- Pages
- 204
- Dimensions
- 229x152x12
- Weight
- 310