Publications

Publication details [#4499]

Haviland, John B. 1979. Guugu Yimidhirr brother-in-law language. Language in Society 8 : 365–393.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

mother-in-law language | social relationship

Language as a subject

Guugu Yimidhirr

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

On the avoidance-language, a speech register sensitive to and expressive of social relationships, for conversation with brothers-in-law in Guugu Yimidhirr (the language of Cooktown, New Queensland). In particular, the lexicon is discussed.