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Publication details [#20772]
Schjerve, Rosita Rindler. 1991. Ethnolinguistic and interpretative concepts in explaining language shift. In Fortescue, Michael. Switch reference anomalies and `topic' in West Greenlandic: A case of pragmatics over syntax. In : 53–80. : 223–233.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Person as a subject
Annotation
The author discusses the phenomenon of language shift from the perspective of the `ethnography of communication' (D. Hymes and J. J. Gumperz), and applies this view to an empirical study of language shift in Sardinia.