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Wapanakamikok Language Relationships: An Introductory Study of Mutual Intelligibility Among the Powhatan, Lenape, Natick, Nanticoke, and Otchipwe Languages.

Forbes, Jack D. – 1972

This is an introductory study of the mutual intelligibility among the various dialects and languages in the Manitowinini family. Specific languages considered include Powhatan, Lenape, Natick, Otchipwe, and Nanticoke. The goal of the study is not merely to comprehend inter-tribal relations better, but also to discover the actual…

Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics

Language Variation and Limits to Communication. Technical Report No. 3.

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Simons, Gary Francis – 1979

Strategies are developed for understanding how language variation limits communication. Methods of measuring communication are discussed, including an intelligibility measure used in the Solomon Islands. The analysis of data gathered using communication measurement is discussed. The result of the analysis is a determination of the number of…

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Culture Contact, Diglossia