A Changing Language Situation: The Decline of Dyirbal, 1963-1989.

Dixon, R. M. W.

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ERIC Number: EJ428697

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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A Changing Language Situation: The Decline of Dyirbal, 1963-1989.

Dixon, R. M. W.

Language in Society, v20 n2 p183-200 Jun 1991

Describes the social situations and attitudes of speakers of Dyirbal in addition to changing language identifications, and reports on Dyirbal contract in lexical and grammatical complexity as it has moved toward an inevitable extinction. (11 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Sociolinguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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