Dissertation Information for John C. PaolilloNAME:
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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected Title: Functional articulation in diglossia: A case study of grammatical and social correspondences in Sinhala
Abstract: "The H(igh) and L(ow) varieties of diglossic language situations are traditionally described as separate grammatical systems. Descriptions of this sort are unsatisfactory for two reasons. For grammatical theory, they provide no account of the substantial shared grammatical properties of H and L in diglossic systems. For sociolinguistic theory, such descriptions provide no account of the relation between the grammatical features of H and L and their communicative functions. The problem is even more acute when one considers the grammatically and functionally intermediate varieties of language found in diglossias. These varieties are seldom mentioned in traditional descriptions, but their existence and the systematic relationships between their grammar and communicative functions and those of H and L require a different approach to grammatical description. |
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Students under John C. Paolillo
ADVISEES:
- Jonathan Warren - Indiana University (2011)
COMMITTEESHIPS:
- Kazuhiro Seki - Indiana University (2006)
- Ewa Callahan - Indiana University (2007)
- Anna M. Martinson - Indiana University (2009)
- Wayne Buente - Indiana University (2011)