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You might be interested in looking at the following article which uses
Samarin's understanding of pidginization and creolization to examine a
case of social change and hegemony in Papua New Guinea.<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times">McKellin, William H.<br>
1991<x-tab> </x-tab>Hegemony and the Language of
Change: The Pidginization of Land Tenure among the Managalase of Papua
New Guinea. Ethnology 30(4):313-324.<br>
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</font>At 02:15 PM 20/02/00 -0500, Alex Enkerli wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Hello all.<br>
Rachel asks me to elaborate on the "conception of cultural dynamics
informed by sociolinguistic issues". Well, the problem is, I don't
have specific references handy.<br>
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But scholars do seem increasingly interested in studying the specifics of
language change to give them insights in broader patterns of cultural
change. At least at Université de Montréal, people like Gilles Bibeau,
Pierrette Thibault (and her students), John Leavitt, and Monique
Desroches have been looking at such issues in diverse ways. What can
language adoption imply in terms of social identity? How do "creole
societies" solve issues of cultural integration? What can we infer
of culture from an examination of historical linguistics? Etc.<br>
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The terminology describing cultural change is usually rather tricky.
Terms like "hybridization", "syncretism",
"transculturalism" and, of course, "acculturation",
all tend to carry unwanted assumptions. It's the same thing with
"creolization" but, in this case, some people are using it to
look directly at the linguistic dimension of sociocultural
dynamics.<br>
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In fact, this can even be expanded a little bit. In music, for instance,
scholars are using sociolinguistic terms like "diglossia" and
"code-switching" (Mark Slobin) to describe how people integrate
more than one system in their performance.<br>
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Again, sorry for the lack of specific references.<br>
<br>
Alex<br>
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<div>Bill
McKellin<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>
<x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab><x-tab> </x-tab>mcke@interchange.ubc.ca</div>
<div>Dept. of Anthropology and
Sociology
phone 604-822-2756</div>
<div>University of British
Columbia
fax 604 822-6161</div>
<div>Vancouver, B.C. CANADA</div>
V6T 1Z1
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