http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/09/03/language-and-the-force-a-primer-in-gand-sociolinguistics/ Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/09/03/language-and-the-force-a-primer-in-gand-sociolinguistics/#comment-13 Who are you if your name isn’t really who you are? » Notes from a Linguistic Mystic Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:59:55 +0000 http://linguisticmystic.com/2006/09/03/language-and-the-force-a-primer-in-gand-sociolinguistics/#comment-13 [...] So, for one of my classes, I’ve been doing some research on the Samoan language and culture. It’s a truly fascinating language, built on a very small sound system, and nearly everything is done through syntax and word-order in the grammar. Given my past interest in name usage around the world (and in the galaxy), I thought I’d drop a quick note about one of the really interesting ways that names and titles are given in their culture. [...] […] So, for one of my classes, I’ve been doing some research on the Samoan language and culture. It’s a truly fascinating language, built on a very small sound system, and nearly everything is done through syntax and word-order in the grammar. Given my past interest in name usage around the world (and in the galaxy), I thought I’d drop a quick note about one of the really interesting ways that names and titles are given in their culture. […]

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