Language & Social Change Java: Linguistic Reflexes of Modernization in a Traditional Royal Polity Volume 65

by J. Joseph Errington

Errington explores linguistic evidence of social change among the traditional priyayi elite of Surakarta in south-central Java. Employing data from texts, interviews, observed speech, and questionnaires, he shows a progressive leveling in the language used to denote traditional status differences, and he demonstrates how perceptions of speech styles reflect etiquette and the views of the users. Errington suggests that a reciprocal assimilation process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896801209
• ISBN13: 9780896801202
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.6"