Publications

Publication details [#4498]

Haviland, John B. 1979. How to talk to your brother-in-law in Guugu Yimidhirr. In Shopen, Timothy, ed. Languages and their speakers. Winthrop. pp. 161–239.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

mother-in-law language | social context | traditional society

Language as a subject

Guugu Yimidhirr

Annotation

A description of the Guugu Yimidhirr language, followed by an account of the social context of speech in traditional Guugu Yimidhirr society, and the use of language in the modern Guugu Yimidhirr community.