Dialect, trope, and enregisterment in a Melanesian speech community

Language and Communication

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Slotta, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enregisterment; Language variation; Melanesia; Social meaning; Textuality; Trope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856317719     PISSN: 02715309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langcom.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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