Publications

Publication details [#35209]

Merlan, F. and A. Rumsey. 1991. Ku Waru: Language and segmentary politics in the western Nebilyer Vally, Papua New Guinea. Cambridge University Press. xiv + 387 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

contextualization | sociolinguistics | speech

Language as a subject

Languages, New Guinea

Annotation

It is argued in this book on exchange behavior within Nebilyer society that speech is crucial in understanding the constitution, contextualization and contestation of exchange.

Reviewed by

Goldman, Lawrence. 1992. Review of $Ku Waru: Language and segmentary politics in the western Nebilyer Vally, Papua New Guinea.