The Status of Remun.
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THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL |
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Title :
The Status of Remun. |
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Author :
Peter F. Cullip |
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Abstract:
Relatively little has been written about the Remun Iban of Sarawak and even less about the Remun isolect. This study follows on from a recent initial exploration of Remun language use and attitudes, and endeavors to document Remun wordlists from both Kampong Remun, and the periphery Remun community of Tanah Mawang. Initial work suggested a shift by this latter community from Remun to Iban. The studyset out to examine this hypothesis by means of lexicostatistical comparison. In addition, the study aimed to test the claim by members of the Kpg. Remun community, by means of intelligibility testing, that Remun is inherently unintelligible to non-Remun Iban. The results suggest that there has been a shift - largely lexical - by the Tanah Mawang Remun from Remun to Iban and Malay. The Remun intelligibility claim was also confirmed, with the linguisticstatus of Remun as spoken in Kpg. Remun, bysome standards, approaching that of a separate language.
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| DOI: https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2004-2KHZ-02 |
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How to cite:
Peter F. Cullip. (2004). The Status of Remun. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LX (81): 19-61 |
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