Publications

Publication details [#4137]

Gumperz, John J. and Robert Wilson. 1971. Convergence and creolization: A case from the Indo-Aryan/Dravidian border in India. In Hymes, Dell H., ed. Pidginization and creolization of languages. Cambridge University Press. pp. 151–167.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

creolization | language variety | social context

Language as a subject

Hindi-Urdu | Kannada | Marathi | Telugu

Annotation

G. discusses aspects of convergence and creolization in Kupwar village (with a population of 3,000 and four languages: Kannada, Urdu, Marathi, and Telugu) by focusing on interacting social groups as they alternate among varieties in their linguistic repertoire.

Reprints

Gumperz, John J. 1971. In Gumperz, John J., ed. Language in social groups. Selected and introduced by Anwar S. Dil. Stanford UP. pp. 251–273.