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Publication details [#527]

Shopen, Timothy, ed. 1979. Languages and their speakers. Winthrop. xi + 300 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

grammar1 | language and culture | linguistic community | speaker

Annotation

The essays in this volume focus on the grammatical and cultural aspects of language which individuals have to acquire to become members of specific language communities.

Articles in this volume

Craig, Colette Grinevald. Jacaltec: Field work in Guatemala. 3–57

Bird, Charles S. and Timothy Shopen. Maninka. 59–111

Keenan, Edward Louis and Elinor Ochs. Becoming a competent speaker of Malagasy. 113–158

Haviland, John B. How to talk to your brother-in-law in Guugu Yimidhirr. 161–239

Inoue, Kyoko. Japanese: A story of language and people. 241–300

Reviewed by

Reagan, Timothy. 1989. Review of $Languages and their speakers.