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Download full textBenn, Keith Laurence – Studies in Philippine Linguistics, 1991
This study analyzes the discourse structures of one text type in Central Bontoc, one of eight minority Philippine languages. The text explains the Innana rituals, a complex of six rituals held annually in Bontoc villages shortly after the planting of the rice crop. The rituals are considered extremely important because they are believed to help…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Expository Writing, Folk Culture
Austin, Elizabeth – 1978
An introduction to Pennsylvania German reviews the history of the Pennsylvania Germans' migration to the United States, examines the Pennsylvania German dialect both historically and descriptively, discusses the literature written in the dialect, and looks at its present status and possible future. Because the dialect is an extreme example of…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, German
