THE RESTRICTED CODE OF HOUSE MADE OF DAWN

Authors

  • Guillermo Bartelt California State University, Northridge, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejls.v3i1.252

Keywords:

American Indian literature, ethnosemantics, restricted code, ethnic boundary

Abstract

Ethnosemantic fields appealing to the semiotics of local knowledge by circumventing translations and explanations obvious to cultural insiders created a restricted code and an ethnic boundary in N. Scott Momaday’s novel House Made of Dawn.

Author Biography

  • Guillermo Bartelt, California State University, Northridge, USA
    Guillermo Bartelt is a sociolinguist and an emeritus at California State University, Northridge. Most of his research has focused on the English varieties of American Indians at the spoken as well as written levels.

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2021-05-08

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021)

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