Sociolinguistic Patterns in an Unstratified Society: the Patrilects of Kugu Nganhcara

• Main Authors: Smith, Ian, Johnson, Steve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association 1986
• Subjects: Cape York; montagnais
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/la/article/view/32408

Considerable sociolinguistic work has been carried out in socially stratified literate societies, where social organization is typically reflected in language by sociolectal stratification oriented towards a standard. Unstratified societies are therefore interesting as potential sources of new types...