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Word Tabu and Change Rates: Tests of a Hypothesis
Academic Work
In some Salish languages a form of word tabu operated as a special sociocultural process which produced specific linguistic effects. The mode of operation and some of the effects of this tabuing custom have been discussed by this writer for the Twana speech community of western Washington (Elmendorf 1951; 1960: 391-396). A aresult of the Twana tabuing custom was seen as possible acceleration of "normal" lexical item replacement.
AW.00136
1967
Language and Linguistics
UBC Working Papers in Linguistics Press
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 2, 1-20
International Conference on Salish and Neighbouring Languages, 2, 1-20
Working Papers
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