Patterns of baby language in Bwe Karen
Scattered amongst my Bwe Karen material collected many years ago are a number of expressions described by my informant as 'baby language'. Material of this kind often escapes attention in formal grammars and dictionaries, and may at first sight seem to offer little of value to philologists...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1787782024-07-05T07:08:22Z Patterns of baby language in Bwe Karen Henderson, Eugénie J. A. Arts and Humanities Scattered amongst my Bwe Karen material collected many years ago are a number of expressions described by my informant as 'baby language'. Material of this kind often escapes attention in formal grammars and dictionaries, and may at first sight seem to offer little of value to philologists, and yet it is not unknown for such linguistic by-paths to conserve forms that have disappeared elsewhere. Published version 2024-07-05T07:08:22Z 2024-07-05T07:08:22Z 1985 Journal Article Henderson, E. J. A. (1985). Patterns of baby language in Bwe Karen. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 8(2), 55-59. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.8.2.03 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/178778 10.32655/LTBA.8.2.03 2 8 55 59 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1985 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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Scattered amongst my Bwe Karen material collected many years ago are a number of expressions described by my informant as 'baby language'. Material of this kind often escapes attention in formal grammars and dictionaries, and may at first sight seem to offer little of value to philologists, and yet it is not unknown for such linguistic by-paths to conserve forms that have disappeared elsewhere. |
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