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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
Download full textSonntag, Selma K. – 1978
A dialect survey of the transition between two major Indo-Aryan languages in Nepal, Bhojpuri and Maithili, was conducted focusing on both the linguistic and sociolinguistic aspects of the various languages and dialects. The purpose of the study was to find out where and how this transition occurred between the pure Bhojpuri-speaking area and the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Dialect Studies, Language Attitudes, Language Classification
