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Language ideology and language change in early modern German : a sociolinguistic study of the consonantal system of Nuremberg / Rosina Lippi-Green.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lippi-Green, Rosina.
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 119.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 119
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German language--Dialects--Germany--Nuremberg.
- German language.
- German language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Consonants.
- German language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Variation.
- German language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Social aspects--Germany--Nuremberg.
- Linguistic change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This quantitative study, based on a computerized corpus of texts written by five men in early 16th-century Nuremberg, employs multivariate GLM statistical procedures to analyze the way linguistic, social and stylistic factors work individually and in interaction to influence variation observed in the texts. Over 70,000 tokens of variable consonants sets were analyzed, using network analysis as an alternate approach to quantification of relevant social identities, which allowed focus on individual behavior without discarding the analysis of group behaviors.The study provides evidence that conso
- Contents:
- LANGUAGE IDEOLOGY AND LANGUAGE CHANGE IN EARLY MODERN GERMAN; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; PREFACE; Table of contents; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF FIGURES; CHAPTER 1. LANGUAGE STANDARDIZATIONIN IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT; CHAPTER 2. NUREMBERG AND ITS LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF VARIABLE CONSONANT SETS; CHAPTER 4. SOCIAL IDENTITY, STYLISTIC FACTORSAND ORTHOGRAPHIC CONGRUITY; CHAPTER 5. STATISTICAL MODELS OF NUREMBERG'SCONSONANTAL VARIATION; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A DEMOGRAPHIC DATA; APPENDIX B CODING GUIDELINES; APPENDIX C PRIMARY SOURCE LIST; APPENDIX D DATA
- REFERENCESINDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-147) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31284-0
- 9786613312846
- 90-272-7670-6
- OCLC:
- 768761307
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