Publications

Publication details [#12714]

Hill, Jane H. 1993. Structure and practice in language shift. In Hyltenstam, Kenneth and Åke Viberg. Progression & regression in language. Sociocultural, neuropsychologial & linguistic perspectives. Cambridge University Press. pp. 68–93.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

code | context | language change

Language as a subject

Dyirbal | Mexicano | Wasco-Wishram

Annotation

To exemplify how negotiations over code definition and contextualization might help to understand the articulation between political economy and language structure and use seen in language shift, the author discusses three cases: Dyirbal, Mexicano and Wasco.