SubjectsLinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics

Titles

Person Reference and Interaction in Umpila and Kuuku Ya’u Narrative

Clair Hill

This book presents an account of the lively multiparty storytelling practices of the Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. Umpila and Kuuku Ya'u storytellers describe their narrative style as "we all talk one time", with multiple narrators taking turns or co-producing turns,… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 26] 2026. xxi, 338 pp. + index | open access

Other subjects Australian languages | Narrative Studies | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

Talk Goes Many Ways: Language and social life in a Papua New Guinea village

Darja Hoenigman

Talk Goes Many Ways is a fascinating anthropological study of language use among the Awiakay, a small village society in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Innovative in the way it integrates written analysis with segments of observational film, the book pairs key social themes with… read more

[Culture and Language Use, 25] 2026. xxxix, 481 pp. + index | open access

Other subjects Sociolinguistics and Dialectology