A death in the rainforest [electronic resource] : how a language and a way of life came to an end in Papua New Guinea / by Don Kulick.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 274 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781616209476
- 161620947X
- Ethnology -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
- Language and culture -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
- Linguistic change -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
- Social change -- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
- Taiap language
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
- Ethnology
- Language and culture
- Linguistic change
- Social change
- Taiap language
- Papua New Guinea -- Gapun
- 305.8009957/5 23
- GN671.N5 K845 2019
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Cover; Also by Don Kulick; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; 1: THE AIR WE BREATHE; 2: A VILLAGE IN THE SWAMP; 3: FIRST CATCH YOUR TEACHER; 4: MOSES'S PLAN; 5: THE BURDEN OF GIVING; 6: DINING IN GAPUN; 7: ""I'M GETTING OUT OF HERE''; 8: OVER THE RAINBOW; 9: THE POETICS OF SWEARING; 10: MATTERS OF THE LIVER; 11: YOUNG PEOPLE'S TAYAP; 12: LIVING DANGEROUSLY; 13: WHO KILLED MONEI?; 14: LUKE WRITES A LETTER; 15: GOING TO HELL; 16: WHAT ACTUALLY DIES WHEN A LANGUAGE DIES?; 17: THE END; Postscript: After the End; A Note About the Names in This Book; Acknowledgments; Dedication
Don Kulick went to Papua New Guinea to understand why a language was dying. But that was just the beginning of what he learned.