[Linganth] Language & the Kula Ring

[Ruth Singer]

Hi Rudolf,

Have you been in touch with Professor Gunter Senft (Nijmegen) or Professor
Martha Macintyre (Melbourne) ?
They both work in the area and would probably be happy to chat about this
question,

Ruth

On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 09:02, Gaudio, Rudolf <Rudolf.Gaudio at purchase.edu>
wrote:

>
> Hello, all
>
> I use excerpts from Malinowski’s work on the Kula ring regularly in my
> classes, and have long wanted to know more about the linguistic dimensions
> of Kula trading expeditions. Malinowski labels the language he learned
> Kiriwinian, which suggests it was only spoken on the island of Kiriwina.
> What about the other islands? I’ve tried to figure out the sociolinguistic
> situation in the Trobriand Islands (then and now) using widely available
> online sources, and have done a wee bit of searching through more academic
> sources, but I haven’t found anything that specifically describes what
> language(s) Malinowski’s Kiriwinian associates used when they visited or
> hosted people from different islands. Were all the languages of the region
> mutually intelligible? Was everyone multilingual? Were particular people
> employed as translators?
>
> Any guidance you can give would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rudi
>
>
> Rudolf P. Gaudio
> Purchase College, State University of New York
>
>
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