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The Possible Contribution of Social Grammar of Language Analysis to Inter-Cultural Communication and the Avoidance of Misunderstanding.

Grayshon, Matthew C. – 1980

Different languages code messages in different ways and use different channels for sending messages; thus there are many places for misinterpreting and mishearing messages in an intercultural context. To move from one language to another requires a description of the total language communication system, one that has its universals in social and…

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Language Classification, Language Research

Maithili in the Indian Census.

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Jha, Shailhanand – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994

Offers a sociolinguistic appraisal of the representation of languages (as "languages" or "dialects") in the Indian census, with special reference to the status of Maithili. Classifying Maithili as an independent language threatens the homogeneity of the "Hindi belt"; conversely, treating it as a Hindi dialect might…

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects