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Bringing the ‘folk’ into applied linguistics
AILA Review, 2011As applied linguistics is mainly concerned with solving the language-related problems of laypeople, the examination of folk views constitutes an important research field and its relevance is illustrated in this issue of the AILA review. In this introductory article, we address some of the more general aspects that need to be considered in the ...
Antje Wilton
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Methods in (applied) folk linguistics
AILA Review, 2011This paper deals with data gathering and interpretation in folk linguistics, but, as the parenthetical title suggests, it is not limited to any prejudged notion of what approaches or techniques might be most relevant to the wide variety of concerns encompassed by applied linguistics.
Dennis R Preston
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1993
Folk linguistics seeks to discover non‐linguists’beliefs about language in general; the work reported here looks primarily at the employment of such beliefs in ongoing discussions of linguistic topics. Variety imitation tasks and perceptual dialectology studies briefly outlined here only began the task of uncovering what non‐specialists know about ...
Dennis R Preston
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Folk linguistics seeks to discover non‐linguists’beliefs about language in general; the work reported here looks primarily at the employment of such beliefs in ongoing discussions of linguistic topics. Variety imitation tasks and perceptual dialectology studies briefly outlined here only began the task of uncovering what non‐specialists know about ...
Dennis R Preston
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The linguistic conceptualization in folk aesthetics
International Journal of Language and Culture, 2021Abstract This Special Issue is dedicated to the analysis of the linguistic conceptualization of “beautiful” and “ugly” as the key concepts that are basic to aesthetic appreciation across languages and cultures within the framework of folk aesthetics.
Anna Gladkova, Jesús Romero-Trillo
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Language attitudes and ‘folk linguistics’ of Russian-speaking migrants in the UK
Russian Journal of Communication, 2015 This article discusses language attitudes towards Russian and metalinguistic interpretations of its place, functions and image as expressed by post-Soviet Russian-speaking migrants residing in the north-east of England.
Kliuchnikova, P
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LINGUISTIC FEATURES OF RUSSIAN FOLK TALES
BULLETIN Series of Philological Sciences, 2021Russian folk tale surprises with its rich vocabulary, colorful turns, and unusual stylistic methods. In order to plunge into the world of the Russian folk tale, in this article, we will analyze each feature separately and highlight more indicative features in each. The tale has a generalizing idea that has been developed over the centuries.
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2013
AbstractThis article addresses some long-standing issues in Arabic sociolinguistics. The starting point is the concept of diglossia, which has become the port of entry for any discussion of the semiliquid language situation in the Arabic-speaking world. It first outlines the most abiding criticisms against diglossia and then offers thoughts on these as
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AbstractThis article addresses some long-standing issues in Arabic sociolinguistics. The starting point is the concept of diglossia, which has become the port of entry for any discussion of the semiliquid language situation in the Arabic-speaking world. It first outlines the most abiding criticisms against diglossia and then offers thoughts on these as
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The Folk Linguistics of Language Teaching and Learning
2013This chapter reports on an ongoing ethnographic study of folk beliefs about language teaching and learning among 108 teachers and learners of nine languages at secondary and university levels in the United States. Folk linguistics (e.g. Niedzielski and Preston 2003) emphasizes, among other things, the need for an understanding of beliefs in all areas ...
Michael D. Pasquale, Dennis R. Preston
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