Language Standardization And Language Variation In Multilingual Contexts

Author : Nicola McLelland,Hui Zhao
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800411579

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Language Standardization and Language Variation in Multilingual Contexts by Nicola McLelland,Hui Zhao Pdf

This important contribution to the sociolinguistics of Asian languages breaks new ground in the study of language standards and standardization in two key ways: in its focus on Asia, with particular attention paid to China and its neighbours, and in the attention paid to multilingual contexts. The chapters address various kinds of (sometimes hidden) multilingualism and examine the interactions between multilingualism and language standardization, offering a corrective to earlier work on standardization, which has tended to assume a monolingual nation state and monolingual individuals. Taken together, the chapters in this book thus add to our understanding of the ways in which multilingualism is implicated in language standardization, as well as the impact of language standards on multilingualism. The introduction, Chapter 6 and Chapter 8 are free to download as open access publications. You can access them here: Introduction: https://zenodo.org/record/5749388#.YaiwuNDP3cs Chapter 6: https://zenodo.org/record/5749522#.Yaiw-9DP3cs Chapter 8: https://zenodo.org/record/5749586#.Yai0RNDP3cs

Author : Peter Auer,Jürgen Erich Schmidt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Dialectology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215139895

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Language and Space: Theories and methods by Peter Auer,Jürgen Erich Schmidt Pdf

Author : Ermenegildo Bidese,Federica Cognola,Manuela Caterina Moroni
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266316

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Theoretical Approaches to Linguistic Variation by Ermenegildo Bidese,Federica Cognola,Manuela Caterina Moroni Pdf

The contributions of this book deal with the issue of language variation. They all share the assumption that within the language faculty the variation space is hierarchically constrained and that minimal changes in the set of property values defining each language give rise to diverse outputs within the same system. Nevertheless, the triggers for language variation can be different and located at various levels of the language faculty. The novelty of the volume lies in exploring different loci of language variation by including wide-ranging empirical perspectives that cover different levels of analysis (syntax, phonology and prosody) and deal with different kinds of data, mostly from Romance and Germanic languages, from dialects, idiolects, language acquisition, language attrition and creolization, analyzed from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives. The volume is divided in three parts. The first part is dedicated to synchronic variation in phonology and syntax; the second part deals with diachronic variation and language change, and the third part investigates the role of contact, attrition and acquisition in giving rise to language change and language variation in bilingual settings. This volume is a useful tool for linguistics of diverse theoretical persuasions working on theoretical and comparative linguistics and to anyone interested in language variation, language change, dialectology, language acquisition and typology.

Author : Anna Ghimenton,Aurélie Nardy,Jean-Pierre Chevrot
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259752

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Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Acquisition across the Lifespan by Anna Ghimenton,Aurélie Nardy,Jean-Pierre Chevrot Pdf

This volume provides a broad coverage of the intersection of sociolinguistic variation and language acquisition. Favoured by the current scientific context where interdisciplinarity is particularly encouraged, the chapters bring to light the complementarity between the social and cognitive approaches to language acquisition. The book integrates sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic issues by bringing together scholars who have been developing conceptions of language acquisition across the lifespan that take into account language-internal and cross-linguistic variation in contexts of both first and second language acquisition as well as of first and second dialect acquisition. The volume brings together theoretical and empirical research and provides an excellent basis for scholars and students wanting to delve into the social and cognitive dimensions of both the production and perception of sociolinguistic variation. The book enables the reader to understand, on the one hand, how variation is acquired in childhood or at a later stage and, on the other, how perception and production feed into one another, thus building up our understanding of the social meanings underpinning language variation.

Author : Marie Maegaard,Malene Monka,Kristine Køhler Mortensen,Andreas Candefors Stæhr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429884764

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Standardization as Sociolinguistic Change by Marie Maegaard,Malene Monka,Kristine Køhler Mortensen,Andreas Candefors Stæhr Pdf

This volume seeks to extend and expand our current understanding of the processes of language standardization, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative approaches to examine how linguistic variation plays out in various ways in everyday life in Denmark. The book compares linguistic variation across three different rural speech communities, underpinned by a transversal framework, which draws upon different methodological and analytical approaches, as well as data from different contexts across different generations, and results in a nuanced and dynamic portrait of language change in one region over time. Examining communities with varying degrees of linguistic variation with this multi-layered framework demonstrates a broader need to re-examine perceptions of language standardization as a unidirectional process, but rather as one shaped by a range of factors at the local level, including language ideologies and mediatization. A concluding chapter by eminent sociolinguist David Britain brings together the conclusions drawn from the preceding chapters and reinforces their wider implications within the field of sociolinguistics. Offering new insights into language standardization and language change, this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics, dialectology, and linguistic anthropology.

Author : Gerhard Nickel,James C. Stalker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : English language
ISBN : UCAL:B4320784

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Problems of Standardization and Linguistic Variation in Present-day English by Gerhard Nickel,James C. Stalker Pdf

Author : Ronald Wardhaugh,Janet M. Fuller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119473428

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An Introduction to Sociolinguistics by Ronald Wardhaugh,Janet M. Fuller Pdf

AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS The new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of language in social context with accessible coverage of major concepts, theories, methods, issues, and debates within the field. This leading text helps students develop a critical perspective on language in society as they explore the complex connections between societal norms and language use. The eighth edition contains new and updated coverage of such topics as the societal aspects of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), multilingual societies and discourse, gender and sexuality, ideologies and language attitudes, and the social meanings of linguistic forms. Organized in four sections, this text first covers traditional language issues such as the distinction between languages and dialects, identification of regional and social variation within languages, and the role of context in language use and interpretation. Subsequent chapters cover approaches to research in sociolinguistics—variationist sociolinguistics, ethnography, and discourse analytic research—and address both macro– and micro-sociolinguistic aspects of multilingualism in national, transnational, global, and digital contexts. The concluding section of the text looks at language in relation to gender and sexuality, education, and language planning and policy issues. Featuring examples from a variety of languages and cultures that illustrate topics such as social and regional dialects, multilingualism, and the linguistic construction of identity, this text provides perspectives on both new and foundational research in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Eighth Edition, remains the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate course in sociolinguistics, language and society, linguistic anthropology, applied and theoretical linguistics, and education. The new edition has also been updated to support classroom application with a range of effective pedagogical tools, including end-of-chapter written exercises and an instructor website, as well as materials to support further learning such as reading suggestions, research ideas, and an updated companion student website containing a searchable glossary, a review guide, additional exercises and examples, and links to online resources.

Author : Ahmar Mahboob,Leslie Barratt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401788694

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Englishes in Multilingual Contexts by Ahmar Mahboob,Leslie Barratt Pdf

The chapters in this volume allow readers to develop a broad understanding of the issues around language variation and to recognise pedagogical implications of this work in multilingual contexts. The authors explore how variations in Englishes around the world relate to issues in English language teaching and learning. The English language has always existed alongside other languages. However, the last 200 years have shown a dramatic increase in the range, extent and context of contact between English and other languages. As a result of this contact, we find marked variations in Englishes around the world. The first part includes chapters of importance in studying English language variation in the context of education. The second part builds on an understanding of variation and identifies pedagogical possibilities that respect language variation and yet empower English language learners in diverse contexts.

Author : Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade,Carol Percy
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783096527

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Prescription and Tradition in Language by Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade,Carol Percy Pdf

This book contextualises case studies across a wide variety of languages and cultures, crystallising key interrelationships between linguistic standardisation and prescriptivism, and between ideas and practices. It focuses on different traditions of standardisation and prescription throughout the world and addresses questions such as how nationalistic idealisations of ‘traditional’ language persist (or shift) amid language change, linguistic variation and multilingualism. The volume explores issues of standardisation and the sociolinguistic phenomenon of prescription as a formative influence on the notional standard language as well as the interconnections between these in a wide range of geographical contexts. It balances the otherwise strong emphasis on English in English language publications on prescriptivism and breaks new ground with its multilingual approach across languages and nations. The book will appeal to scholars working within different linguistic traditions interested in questions relating to all aspects of standardisation and prescriptivism.

Author : Frans L. Hinskens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293121

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Language Variation – European Perspectives by Frans L. Hinskens Pdf

This volume presents 16 original studies of variation in languages representing the three main European language families, as well as in varieties of Greek and Hungarian. The studies concern variation in or across dialects or dialect groups, in standard varieties or in emerging regional varieties of the standard. Several studies investigate a specific linguistic element or structure, while others focus on areas of tension between variation and prescriptive standard norms, on regional standard varieties and regiolects, on problems of linguistic classification (from folk linguistic or dialect geographical perspectives) and the classification of speakers. Language acquisition plays a main role in three studies. The studies in this volume represent a range of methods, including ethnographic and 'interpretative' approaches, conversation analysis, analyses of the internal and geographical distribution of dialect features, the classification and quantitative analyses of socio-demographic speaker background data, quantitative analyses of both diachronic and synchronic language data, phonetic measurements, as well as (quasi-)experimental perception studies. The volume thus offers a microcosmic reflection of the macrocosmos of world-wide research on variability in (originally) European languages at the beginning of the 21th century and the linguistic expression of cultural diversity.

Author : Larissa Aronin,David Singleton
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027274984

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Multilingualism by Larissa Aronin,David Singleton Pdf

This book is an authoritative account of multilingualism in the present era, a phenomenon affecting a vast number of communities, thousands of languages and millions of language users. The book’s focus is specifically on the knowledge and use of multiple languages, but its treatment of the topic is very wide-ranging. It deals with both bilingualism and polyglottism, at the level of the individual speaker as well as at the societal level. The volume addresses not only linguistic facets of multilingualism but also multilingualism’s cultural, sociological, educational, and psychological dimensions, moving from classic perspectives to recent and emerging directions of interest. The book’s extensive coverage takes in topics ranging from the ‘new linguistic dispensation’ in our globalized world to child development in multilingual environments, from the classification of multilingual groupings to characteristics of the multilingual mind. This breadth makes Multilingualism an ideal advanced textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the areas of linguistics, education and the social sciences.

Author : Matthias Hüning,Ulrike Vogl,Olivier Moliner
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027200556

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Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History by Matthias Hüning,Ulrike Vogl,Olivier Moliner Pdf

Explores the roots of Europe's struggle with multilingualism. This book argues that, over the centuries, the pursuit of linguistic homogeneity has become a central aspect of the mindset of Europeans. It offers an overview of the emergence of a standard language ideology and its relationship with ethnicity, territorial unity and social mobility

Author : Ralph W. Fasold,Deborah Schiffrin
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286079

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Language Change and Variation by Ralph W. Fasold,Deborah Schiffrin Pdf

The study of language variation in social context continues to hold the attention of a large number of linguists. This research is promoted by the annual colloquia on New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English' (NWAVE). This volume is a selection of revised papers from the NWAVE XI, held at Georgetown University. It deals with a number of items, some of which have often been discussed, others that have been less emphasized. The first group of articles in the volume center on a frequent theme: speech communities as the essential setting for understanding variation in language. Earlier work in linguistic variation dealt for the most part with phonological variation and change. Syntactic and morphological change and variation in syntax are also discussed. A selection on the role of variation in understanding first language acquisition comprises three papers. Articles in the last section of the volume concern theoretical controversy and methodological advances.

Author : Bettina Migge,Shelome Gooden
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103478

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Social and structural aspects of language contact and change by Bettina Migge,Shelome Gooden Pdf

This book brings together papers that discuss social and structural aspects of language contact and language change. Several papers look at the relevance of historical documents to determine the linguistic nature of early contact varieties, while others investigate the specific processes of contact-induced change that were involved in the emergence and development of these languages. A third set of papers look at how new datasets and greater sensitivity to social issues can help to (re)assess persistent theoretical and empirical questions as well as help to open up new avenues of research. In particular they highlight the heterogeneity of contemporary language practices and attitudes often obscured in sociolinguistic research. The contributions all focus on language variation and change but investigate it from a variety of disciplinary and empirical perspectives and cover a range of linguistic contexts.

Author : Jones, Sarah,Schmor, Rebecca,Kerekes, Julie
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781668487624

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Reconceptualizing Language Norms in Multilingual Contexts by Jones, Sarah,Schmor, Rebecca,Kerekes, Julie Pdf

With cultural and linguistic diversity, migration, and constant change as defining features of contemporary societies, it is increasingly necessary to enhance our capabilities within multilingual environments. Reconceptualizing Language Norms in Multilingual Contexts offers a groundbreaking exploration of language practices and norms in the diverse and dynamic world we inhabit today. It challenges the traditional understanding of language norms as stable and stationary. Instead, it embraces multiculturalism and multilingualism as the norm rather than the exception. Drawing upon a wide range of methodological approaches, this book brings together a collection of position papers, critical reflections, and explorations by emerging and established voices in the field. It delves into how language norms emerge, evolve, and shape communication in both collective and individual contexts of diversity. By reconceptualizing language norms, this book sheds light on real and relevant language practices in multilingual and multicultural spaces, offering insights from the people who inhabit and navigate these contexts. While the content of this book revolves around everyday communication, its academic approaches and comprehensive exploration make it a valuable resource for graduate students, educators, and researchers in the fields of multilingualism and applied linguistics. By bridging the gap between language norms and multilingualism, this book seeks to advance our understanding of language practices in the increasingly interconnected and diverse world.