Endangered Languages Project - Kinnauri - Request and command in Kinnauri: The pragmatics of translating politeness

Kinnauri

^{[aka Kinnaura Yanuskad, Kanoreunu Skad, Kanorug Skadd]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

threatened

Examines request and command strategies in Kinnauri and briefly contrasts them with such strategies in English.

AUTHOR	Anju Saxena
UPLOADED BY	Sean Simpson
LAST VERSION	2002
ARCHIVED UNDER	Other
LANGUAGE	English

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linguistics , Language in Society

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Sean Simpson

Georgetown University, 3700 O Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20057, USA

Sean served as the Project Coordinator for the Catalogue of Endangered Languages (ELCat) from 2012-2013 while completing his MA in language documentation and conservation at the University of Hawaii. He is now a PhD student at Georgetown University, focusing on sociophonetics and speech perception. In the summers Sean works with the Obispeño Chumash to help them reclaim their heritage language. For more, visit Sean's personal website at www.seanskylersimpson.com

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Request and command in Kinnauri: The pragmatics of translating politeness

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