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J. Joseph Errington

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Description:Errington explores linguistic evidence of social change among the traditional priyayi elite of Surakarta in south-central Java. Employing data from texts, interviews, observed speech, and questionnaires, he shows a progressive leveling in the language used to denote traditional status differences, and he demonstrates how perceptions of speech styles reflect etiquette and the views of the users.Errington suggests that a reciprocal assimilation process changes the way members of Java’s traditional elite deal with each other in a modern urban milieu. The argument and the material on which it is based will be of interest to historians, linguists, anthropologists and other concerned with social and political change in southeast Asia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Language and Social Change in Java: Linguistic Reflexes of Modernization in a Traditional Royal Polity. To get started finding Language and Social Change in Java: Linguistic Reflexes of Modernization in a Traditional Royal Polity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Errington explores linguistic evidence of social change among the traditional priyayi elite of Surakarta in south-central Java. Employing data from texts, interviews, observed speech, and questionnaires, he shows a progressive leveling in the language used to denote traditional status differences, and he demonstrates how perceptions of speech styles reflect etiquette and the views of the users.Errington suggests that a reciprocal assimilation process changes the way members of Java’s traditional elite deal with each other in a modern urban milieu. The argument and the material on which it is based will be of interest to historians, linguists, anthropologists and other concerned with social and political change in southeast Asia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Language and Social Change in Java: Linguistic Reflexes of Modernization in a Traditional Royal Polity. To get started finding Language and Social Change in Java: Linguistic Reflexes of Modernization in a Traditional Royal Polity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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