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Hymes, Dell – Anthropological Linguistics, 1976
Discusses the transitional unilateral code-switching observed in speakers of Hakka when speaking Cantonese. (CLK)
Descriptors: Cantonese, Code Switching (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
Sherzer, Joel – 1976
This study attempts to provide a systematic mapping of the linguistic structural properties of North American Indian languages. The study includes: (1) the history of areal-typological linguistic studies in North America; (2) a framework for the presentation of areal linguistic phenomena in North America; (3) a presentation and discussion of the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Area Studies
Bergsland, Knut, Comp. – 1994
This comprehensive dictionary draws on ethnographic and linguistic work of the Aleut language and culture dating to 1745. An introductory section explains the dictionary's format, offers a brief historical survey, and contains notes on Aleut phonology and orthography, dialectal differences and developments, Eskimo-Aleut phonological…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries