Referential Tracking in Oklahoma Choctaw: Language Obsolescence and Attrition  

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Williams, Robert S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Anthropological Linguistics (ada di JSTOR) vol. 41 no. 1 (Mar. 1999), page 54-74.
Fulltext: Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 54-74.pdf (2.12MB)

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This intergenerational study examines the use of referential track- ing mechanisms in Oklahoma Choctaw, an obsolescing language. The central question concerns differences in the referential tracking systems of older and younger Oklahoma Choctaw speakers. In addressing this question, I make between-group comparisons of the use of two referential tracking mechanisms: switch-reference markers, used for intrasentential referential tracking, and sentential conjunctions, used for referential tracking across sentence bound- aries. Finally, I address more general questions about the nature of structural change in obsolescing languages. Data for the study are taken from free narra- tives based upon a silent action film.

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