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Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Ser.: Language, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia : The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba by Joel C. Kuipers (1998, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521624959
ISBN-139780521624954
eBay Product ID (ePID)725484
Product Key Features
Number of Pages204 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameLanguage, Identity, and Marginality in Indonesia : The Changing Nature of Ritual Speech on the Island of Sumba
SubjectMiscellaneous, Asia / Southeast Asia, Anthropology / General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year1998
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorJoel C. Kuipers
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Social Science, History
SeriesStudies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight10.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN97-038770
Reviews"This important book deserves attention from linguists and anthropologists alike, and the author is to be congratulated upon having made an original contribution to the ethnography of speaking and a noteworthy addition to our ethnography of Sumbanese populations." Asian Thought and Society, "...welcome contribution to Indonesian political studies, far beyond its valuable sociolinguistic insights." Susan Rodgers, The Journal of Asian Studies, 'Neatly orchestrating his analysis with admirable concision and lucidity, Kuipers has composed an insightful study that is thoroughly accessible to any reader interested in the shifting nexus between language and power.' Benjamin G. Zimmer, Times Literary Supplement, "In a volume that brings together years of fieldwork and archival research, Kuipers looks at culture and politics in Weyewa society on the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia." Choice, "Joel Kuipers has given us an extremely study of the important Southest Asian connections between spatial concepts, the organization power and polity, and ritual speech under changing conditions." Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, ‘Neatly orchestrating his analysis with admirable concision and lucidity, Kuipers has composed an insightful study that is thoroughly accessible to any reader interested in the shifting nexus between language and power.’Benjamin G. Zimmer, Times Literary Supplement
Dewey Edition21
Series Volume NumberSeries Number 18
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal306.44/089/992205986
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Place, identity, and the shifting forms of cultivated speech: a geography of marginality; 2. Towering in rage and cowering in fear: emotion, self, and verbal expression in Sumba; 3. Changing forms of political expression: the role of ideologies of audience completeness; 4. Ideologies of personal naming and language shift; 5. From miracles to classrooms: changing forms of erasure in the learning of ritual speech; 6. Conclusions.
SynopsisThe spread of the national language in Indonesia has threatened local languages. On Sumba a tradition of ritual poetic speech has waned, although new hybrid forms of poetic expression are emerging. Political coercion is a partial explanation, but so is the role of linguistic ideologies., Indonesia's policy since independence has been to foster the national language. In some regions, local languages are still political rallying points, but their significance has diminished, and the rapid spread of Indonesian as the national language of political and religious authority has been described as the 'miracle of the developing world'. Among the Weyewa, on the island of Sumba, this shift has displaced a once vibrant tradition of ritual poetic speech, which until recently was an important source of authority, tradition, and identity. But it has also given rise to new and hybrid forms of poetic expression. This first study to analyse language change in relation to political marginality argues that political coercion or cognitive process of 'style reduction' may partially explain what has happened, but equally important in language shift is the role of linguistic ideologies., The rapid spread of Indonesian as the national language of Indonesia has diminished the significance of local languages. On the island of Sumba, this shift has displaced a once vibrant tradition of ritual poetic speech, but has also given rise to new and hybrid forms of poetic expression. This book analyzes language change in relation to political marginality, revealing that political coercion or cognitive process of "style reduction" may offer a partial explanation, but equally important is the role of linguistic ideologies.
LC Classification NumberDS632.W48 K84 1998
