Pluricentricity : language variation and sociocognitive dimensions / edited by Augusto Soares da Silva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva, Augusto Soares da, 1961- editor.

Contributor:

Silva, Augusto Soares da, 1961-

Series:

Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 24.

Applications of cognitive linguistics, 1861-4078 ; volume 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Standard language.

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The "one-nation-one-language" assumption is as unrealistic as the well-known Chomskyan ideal of a homogeneous speech community. Linguistic pluricentricity is a common and widespread phenomenon; it can be understood as either differing national standards or differing local norms. The nine studies collected in this volume explore the sociocultural, conceptual and structural dimensions of variation and change within pluricentric languages, with specific emphasis on the relationship between national varieties. They include research undertaken in both the Cognitive Linguistic and socolinguistic tradition, with particular emphasis upon the emerging framework of Cognitive Sociolinguistics. Six languages, all more or less pluricentric, are analyzed: four Germanic languages (English, German, Dutch and Swedish) and two Romance languages (Portuguese and French). The volume describes patterns of phonetic, lexical and morphosyntactic variation, and perception and attitudes in relation to these pluricentric languages. It makes use of advanced empirical methods able to account for the complex interplay between conceptual and social aspects of pluricentric variation and other forms of language-internal variation.

Contents:

Introduction. Pluricentricity, language-internal variation and cognitive linguistics / Gitte Kristiansen

Enregistering pluricentric German / Peter Auer

Communicative and cognitive dimensions of pluricentric practices in French / Georges Lüdi

Linguistic pluricentrism as a neurological problem / Ángel López-García

Lexical variation in aggregate perspective / Tom Ruette, Dirk Speelman, and Dirk Geeraerts

Stable lexical marker analysis : a corpus-based identification of lexical variation / Dirk De Hertog, Kris Heylen, and Dirk Speelman

The pluricentricity of Portuguese : a sociolectometrical approach to divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese / Augusto Soares da Silva

Global diffusion, regional attraction, local roots : sociocognitive perspectives on the pluricentricity of English / Edgar W. Schneider

Phonetic distance and intelligibility in Dutch / Dirk Speelman, Leen Impe, and Dirk Geeraerts

National variation of address in pluricentric languages : the examples of Swedish and German / Catrin Norrby and Heinz L. Kretzenbacher.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110303643

3110303647

OCLC:

865329953