Speech community formation : a sociolinguistic profile of the Trio of Suriname

Overview of the Trio language. Brings together both extralinguistic factors, such as historical, economic, sociological and cultural factors that have and still contribute to the present-day status of the Trio Amerindians and their language and internal sociolinguistic factors, that is, factors that...

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Main Author: Eithne B. Carlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 1998-01-01
Series:NWIG
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3517